کہ
Urdu Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /keː/
Etymology 1 Edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian که (ki), from Middle Persian [script needed] (AYK /kū/).
Conjunction Edit
کہ • (kih, ke) (Hindi spelling कि)
- that
- مُجھے پَتَہْ نَہِیں تھا کِہ تُم سِنْدھی بول سَکْتے ہو۔
- mujhe patah nahī̃ thā ki tum sindhī bol sakte ho.
- I didn't know that you speak Sindhi.
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
کہ • (ke, ki) (Hindi spelling कि)
Usage notes Edit
Usually used as کہ … کہ … (ke … ke …, “… or …”).