کیا

Urdu

Etymology

From Prakrit केहो, earlier केद्दहो, from Sanskrit कीट्टशः (kīṭṭaśaḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kjaː/

Particle

کیا (kyā), Hindi spelling: क्या

1. initial interrogative particle.

Usage notes

• In this usage, it does not have a direct translation as a word in English, it simply makes a statement into a question.

1. کیا آپ یہاں رہتے ہیں؟ (kyā āp yahā̃ rehte haĩ?) "Do you live here?" or "[Question marker] Do you here live (is)?" in literal order.

Pronoun

کیا (kyā), Hindi spelling: क्या

1. (interrogative) what

   آم کا دام کیا ہے؟ (ām kā dām kyā hai?) "What is the price of mangos?" or "Mangos of price what is?" in literal order.

References

• McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993
• Platts, John Thompson. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884. [1]