کوئی
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Punjabi کوءِ (ko'i), from Prakrit [script needed] (koi), from Sanskrit कश्चिद् (káścid). Compare Urdu کوئی (ko'ī).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /koː.iː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: کو‧ءِی
Pronoun edit
Further reading edit
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کوئی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “کوئی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “káścid”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 151
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /koː.iː/
Adjective edit
کوئی • (koī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling कोई)
Pronoun edit
Ushojo edit
Pronoun edit
کوئی (kōai)