ποιος

From Ancient Greek ποῖος (poîos), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpços/
• Hyphenation: ποιος

ποιος • (poios) m (feminine ποια, neuter ποιο)  interrogative

1. who

   Ποιος είναι ο επισκέπτης;

   Poios eínai o episképtis?

   Who is the caller?

   Ποιος;

   Poios;

   Who's that?, Who's there?, Who is it?

2. which

   Ποιο βιβλίο θέλεις;

   Poio vivlío théleis?

   Which book do you want?

3. (in accusative case) who, whom

   Σε ποιον το έδωσες;

   Se poion to édoses?

   To whom did you give it?

4. (in genitive case) whose

   Ποιανού είναι η πετσέτα;

   Poianoú eínai i petséta?

   Whose is the towel?

• →⇒ Turkish: aftospiyos, kıtıpiyos

• που (pou) for the relative form of who:

  Ο άνθρωπος που γνώριζε πολλά ― O ánthropos pou gnórize pollá ― The Man Who Knew Too Much