কি
Assamese edit
Alternative forms edit
- কিহ (kih)
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit किम् (kim, “what, which”). Compare Punjabi ਕੀ (kī), Gujarati કિયું (kiyũ), Marathi की (kī), Bengali কী (ki), Hindustani क्या (kyā) / کیا (kyā).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
কি • (ki)
- what?
Declension edit
Declension of কি | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
nominative | কি (ki) |
কি কি (ki ki) |
objective | কিহক (kihok) |
কিহক কিহক (kihok kihok) |
genitive | কিহৰ (kihor) |
কিহৰ কিহৰ (kihor kihor) |
locative | কিহত (kihot) |
কিহত কিহত (kihot kihot) |
ergative | কিহে (kihe) |
কিহে কিহে (kihe kihe) |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- যি (zi)
Bengali edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Rarh) IPA(key): /ki/, [ˈkiː], [ˈkiˑ]
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- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ki/, [ˈkiː], [ˈkiˑ]
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Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀺 (ki), from Sanskrit किम् (kim).
Particle edit
কি • (ki)
- Forms yes or no questions when placed in the second or final position of a sentence.
Usage notes edit
In this usage, it does not have a direct translation as a word in English, it simply makes a statement into a question.
Declension edit
Nominative | Objective | Genitive | Locative | |
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Singular | কি (ki) | কিসের (kiśer) | কিসে (kiśe) |
Pronoun edit
কি • (ki)
- (interrogative, often proscribed) what?
- (rhetorical, often proscribed) such, what, how
Usage notes edit
The usage of কি as a pronoun has been often proscribed and replaced with কী (ki) in recent times.
Etymology 2 edit
Transliteration of English key.
Noun edit
কি • (ki)
- (computing) key (one of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters)
Related terms edit
- কিবোর্ড (kibōrḍo)
References edit
Hajong edit
Pronoun edit
কি (ki)
- (interrogative) what
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