کہ
Urdu edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kɪ/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /keː/
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian که (ki), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭪 (AYK /kū/).
Conjunction edit
کِہ • (ki) (Hindi spelling कि)
- that
- مُجھے پَتَہ نَہِیں تھا کِہ تُمہیں سِندھِی آتِی ہَے۔
- mujhe pata nahī̃ thā ki tumhẽ sindhī ātī hai.
- I didn't know that you speak Sindhi.
Pronoun edit
کِہ • (ki) m or f (Hindi spelling कि) (relative)
- (dated, poetic) that
- Synonym: جو (jo)
- 1800s, Ghālib, Dīwan-i Ghālib, Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy, Bhopal:
- عِشْق پَر زور نَہِیں۔ ہَے یہ وہ آتِش غالِب کِہ لَگائے نَہ لَگے اَور بُجھائے نَہ بَنے۔
- 'iśq par zor nahī̃. hai ye vo ātiś ġālib ki lagāe na lage aur bujhāe na bane.
- There is no compulsion in passionate love. It is that fire, Ghālib, that lights not when lit and rests not when quenched.
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀺𑀁 (kiṃ), 𑀓𑀺 (ki), from Sanskrit किम् (kim, “what, which”), probably influenced by the nominative form कः (kaḥ). Doublet of کیا (kyā).
Particle edit
کِہ • (ki) (Hindi spelling कि)
Usage notes edit
Usually used in questions as an exclusive or.