कई
See also: कोई
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit कतिपय (katipayá, “several”), from कति (kati).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
कई • (kaī) (Urdu spelling کئی)
- several things, several people (animate/inanimate plural (several))
- many, many people
- कइयों ने कहे हैं ― kaiyõ ne kahe ha͠i ― many (people) have said
Declension edit
Pronoun declension of कई
Determiner edit
कई • (kaī) (Urdu spelling کئی)
- several, many
- Synonym: बहुत (bahut)
- दुकान आज कई लोग आये हैं।
- dukān āj kaī log āye ha͠i.
- Many people have come to the shop today.
- of several kinds; varied
- कई मौसम के दिन ― kaī mausam ke din ― days of varied weather
Declension edit
Does not decline as a determiner.
Related terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “कई”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “कई”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN