কোন

See also: কেন, কেনা, কান, কিনা, and কোনো

Assamese

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit কঃ পুনৰ্ (kaḥ punar, “who”). Cognate with Gujarati કોણ (koṇ), Marathi कोण (koṇ), Hindi कौन (kaun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊn/

Pronoun

কোন • (kün)

1. (interrogative) who

   কোনে কৈ আছে?

   küne koi ase?

   Who is speaking?

2. (interrogative) which [কোন (kün) + classifier]

   কোনটো বেছি ভাল?

   küntü besi bhal?

   Which one is better?

   ঘৰটো কোনখিনিত?

   ghortü künkhinit?

   Where is the house?

   (literally, “In which (place) is the house?”)

   তুমি কোনকেইডাল গছ ৰুইছিলা?

   tumi künkeidal gos ruisila?

   Which plants did you plant?

Declension

Declension of কোন
	Singular	Plural
nominative	কোন (kün)	কোন কোন (kün kün)
objective	কাক (kak)	কাক কাক (kak kak)
genitive	কাৰ (kar)	কাৰ কাৰ (kar kar)
locative	কাৰ গাত (kar gat)	কাৰ কাৰ গাত (kar kar gat)
ergative	কোনে (küne)	কোনে কোনে (küne küne)

Synonyms

• কাই (kai) (uncommon)
• কিহ- (kih-) (non human)

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Old Bengali কোন, কোণ (kona, koṇa), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀯𑀼𑀡 (kavuṇa), from Sanskrit कः पुनर् (kaḥ punar). Cognate with Odia କଣ (kaṇa), Maithili कोन (kōn), Punjabi ਕੌਣ (kauṇ), Gujarati કોણ (koṇ), Marathi कोण (koṇ), Hindi कौन (kaun).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kon/, [ˈkoːn], [ˈkon]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kon/, [ˈkoːn], [ˈkon]

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• Rhymes: -on

Pronoun

কোন • (kon)

1. which

   কোনটা বেশি ভাল?

   kōnṭa beśi bhal?

   Which one is better?