কেন
Bengali edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit केन (kena), the instrumental singular of किम् (kim).
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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Pronoun edit
কেন • (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 edit
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Alternative forms
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কেন
- 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”)