काय

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See also: क्यों, काया, क्यूँ, क्या, and किया

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *कादृक् (kādṛk), from कीदृश (kīdṛśa) + -क (-ka). Cognate to Gujarati કે (ke), Hindi क्या (kyā).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

काय • (kāy)

  1. what
    तुझं नाव काय?
    tuj̈ha nāv kāy?
    What is your name? (informal)

See also

References

Newar

Pronunciation

Noun

काय • (kāya) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐎𑐵𑐫)

  1. son

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Noun

काय m

  1. Devanagari script form of kāya
Declension
Declension table of "काय" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)कायो (kāyo)काया (kāyā)
Accusative (second)कायं (kāyaṃ)काये (kāye)
Instrumental (third)कायेन (kāyena)कायेहि (kāyehi) or कायेभि (kāyebhi)
Dative (fourth)कायस्स (kāyassa) or कायाय (kāyāya) or कायत्थं (kāyatthaṃ)कायानं (kāyānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)कायस्मा (kāyasmā) or कायम्हा (kāyamhā) or काया (kāyā)कायेहि (kāyehi) or कायेभि (kāyebhi)
Genitive (sixth)कायस्स (kāyassa)कायानं (kāyānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)कायस्मिं (kāyasmiṃ) or कायम्हि (kāyamhi) or काये (kāye)कायेसु (kāyesu)
Vocative (calling)काय (kāya)काया (kāyā)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

काय

  1. Devanagari script form of kāya, which is instrumental/dative/ablative/genitive/locative singular of का (kā, “who (f.)”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Related to चि (ci, “to collect, layer up”).

Pronunciation

Noun

काय • (kāya) stem, m

  1. the body

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Lao: ກາຍ (kāi)
  • Pali: kāya
  • Telugu: కాయము (kāyamu)
  • Thai: กาย (gaai)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “काय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 274, column 1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “kāya- - kārú”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 340
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “CAY² - CAY³”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 532
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