कि

Not to be confused with की.

Hindi

Pronunciation

Standard:

• IPA^(key): /kɪ/, /ki/, /kiː/

Dialectal:

• IPA^(key): /ke/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian که (kē). Compare Gujarati કે (ke), Marathi की (kī), Punjabi ਕਿ (ki).

Conjunction

कि • (ki) (Urdu spelling کہ)

1. that

   मुझे मालूम नहीं था कि तुम्हें मराठी आती है।

   mujhe mālūm nahī̃ thā ki tumhẽ marāṭhī ātī hai.

   I didn't know that you speak Marathi

   (literally, “It wasn't known to me that Marathi comes to you.”)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “که”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कि”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “कि”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “कि”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कि”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ki”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “कि”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 134
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “कि”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 106.

Etymology 2

See क्या (kyā, “what”).

Particle

कि • (ki) (Urdu spelling کہ)

1. or

   Synonyms: या (yā), अथवा (athvā)

Usage notes

Usually used as कि … कि … (ki … ki …, “… or …”).

Nepali

Conjunction

कि • (ki)

1. or

Newar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ki]

Noun

कि • (ki) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐎𑐶)

1. grain