कई

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See also: कोई

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit , from Sanskrit कतिपय (katipayá, “several”), from कति (kati).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

कई • (kaī) (Urdu spelling کئی)

  1. several things, several people (animate/inanimate plural (several))
  2. many, many people
    कइयों ने कहे हैं ― kaiyõ ne kahe ha͠i ― many (people) have said

Declension

Pronoun declension of कई
direct कई
kaī
indirect कइयों
kaïyõ
ergative कइयों ने
kaïyõ ne
genitive कइयों का
kaïyõ kā
dative कइयों को
kaïyõ ko
instrumental/ablative कइयों से
kaïyõ se
inessive कइयों में
kaïyõ mẽ
adessive कइयों पे, कइयों पर
kaïyõ pe, kaïyõ par
terminative कइयों तक
kaïyõ tak
semblative कइयों सा
kaïyõ sā

Determiner

कई • (kaī) (Urdu spelling کئی)

  1. several, many
    Synonym: बहुत (bahut)
    दुकान आज कई लोग आये हैं।
    dukān āj kaī log āye ha͠i.
    Many people have come to the shop today.
  2. of several kinds; varied
    कई मौसम के दिन ― kaī mausam ke din ― days of varied weather

Declension

Does not decline as a determiner.

  • कोई (koī) (animate singular)
  • कुछ (kuch) (inanimate singular, animate/inanimate plural (some))

See also

References

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