कभी

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Hindi

Etymology

कब (kab) +‎ ही (hī).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kə.bʱiː/,

Adverb

कभी • (kabhī) (Urdu spelling کبھی)

  1. sometimes, once in a while
    कभी कभी ― kabhī kabhī ― sometimes
  2. ever
    Synonyms: कदापि (kadāpi), हरगिज़ (hargiz)
    कभी नहीं ― kabhī nahī̃ ― never

Coordinate terms

Hindi correlatives
type interrogative relative proximal demonstrative distal demonstrative indefinite
basic non-emphatic कौन (kaun, “who?”),
क्या (kyā, “what?”) 		जो (jo) यह (yah) वह (vah) कुछ (kuch), कोई (koī),
कुछ-न-कुछ (kuch-na-kuch),
कोई-न-कोई (koī-na-koī)
emphatic - जो भी (jo bhī) यही (yahī) वही (vahī) कोई भी (koī bhī), कुछ भी (kuch bhī)
time non-emphatic कब (kab) जब (jab) अब (ab) तब (tab) कभी (kabhī)
emphatic - जभी (jabhī) अभी (abhī) तभी (tabhī) कभी भी (kabhī bhī)
place non-emphatic कहाँ (kahā̃) जहाँ (jahā̃) यहाँ (yahā̃) वहाँ (vahā̃) कहीं (kahī̃, “somewhere”)
emphatic - जहीं (jahī̃) यहीं (yahī̃) वहीं (vahī̃) कहीं भी (kahī̃ bhī, “anywhere”)
quantity कितना (kitnā) जितना (jitnā) इतना (itnā) उतना (utnā) -
direction किधर (kidhar) जिधर (jidhar) इधर (idhar) उधर (udhar) -
quality कैसा (kaisā) जैसा (jaisā) ऐसा (aisā) वैसा (vaisā), तैसा m (taisā) कोई सा (koī sā)
manner कैसे (kaise) जैसे (jaise) ऐसे (aise), वैसे (vaise), तैसे (taise) -
reason/manner क्यों (kyõ) ज्यों (jyõ) क्योंकि (kyõki), यों (yõ) त्यों (tyõ)

Derived terms

References

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