কেন
Bengali
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editEtymology
editInherited from Middle Bengali কেহেন, কেহ্ন (keheno, kehno).
Pronunciation
edit- (Rarh) IPA(key): /kæn/, [ˈkæːn], [ˈkæn], /kæno/, [ˈkænoˑ]
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- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kæn/, [ˈkæːn], [ˈkæn], /kæno/, [ˈkænoˑ]
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- (Vanga) IPA(key): /kæn/, [ˈkæn], [xæn], /kæno/, [ˈkænoˑ], [xænoˑ]
- (Varendra) IPA(key): /kæn/, [ˈkæːn], /kæno/, [ˈkænoˑ]
Pronoun
editকেন • (keno)
- why
- কেন যাব ― keno jab ― Why shall I go
Derived terms
edit- কেননা (kenona)
References
edit- Accessible Dictionary, “কেন” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
- Accessible Dictionary, “কেন, কেনে, কেনি (মধ্যযুগীয় বাংলা)” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh
Pali
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Pronoun
editকেন
- Bengali script form of kena, which is instrumental singular of ক (ka, “who (m.)”)
- Bengali script form of kena, which is instrumental singular of ক (ka, “what”)