কখন

Bengali edit

Alternative forms edit

কঅন (kon), কন (kon), কহন (kohon) — Vanga

Etymology edit

A compound of ক (ko, “what, which”, from Sanskrit क (ka)) + খন (khon, “time”).

Pronunciation edit

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /kɔkʰɔn/, [ˈkɔkʰɔn]
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(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kɔkʰɔn/, [ˈkɔkʰɔn]
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(Vanga) IPA^(key): /kɔkʰɔn/, [ˈkɔkʰɔn], [xɔxɔn], /kɔxɔn/, [ˈkɔxɔn], [xɔxɔn]

Pronoun edit

কখন • (kokhon)

when, what time
কখন আমি যাব? ― kokhon ami jab? ― when shall I go?

Usage notes edit

কখন (kokhon) means when, but in the time frame of what time. It is not synonymous with কবে (kobe), which also means when, but with the time frame of what day.

Derived terms edit

কখনও (kokhonō)

Related terms edit

এখন (ekhon)
যখন (jokhon)
তখন (tokhon)