کوئی

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi کوءِ (ko'i), from Prakrit [script needed] (koi), from Sanskrit कश्चिद् (káścid). Compare Urdu کوئی (ko'ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /koː.iː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: کو‧ءِی

Pronoun

کوئی • (ko'ī) (Gurmukhi ਕੋਈ)

1. any (object)
2. anyone (person, being)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کوئی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “کوئی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “káścid”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 151

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit कश्चिद् (káścid). Likely also influenced by Sanskrit कोऽपि (kó’pi). Cognate to Awadhi कोई (koī), Braj कोऊ (koū), Punjabi ਕੋਈ (koī), Gujarati કોઈ (koī), Marathi कुणी (kuṇī), Bengali কেউ (keu), Bhojpuri केऊ (kēū), Assamese কেও (keü).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /koː.iː/

Adjective

کوئی • (koī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling कोई)

1. some
2. certain

Pronoun

کوئی • (koī) m or f (Hindi spelling कोई)

1. any
2. anybody

   کیا یہاں کوئی ہے؟ ― kyā yahā̃ koī hai? ― Is anyone here?

3. someone, something

Ushojo

Pronoun

کوئی (kōai)

1. which, who