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Hindi
Alternative forms
- क्यूँ (kyū̃) — pronunciation spelling
Etymology
Inherited from Old Hindi क्यूं (kyūṃ), from Sauraseni Apabhramsa किंव (kiṃva), केंव (keṃva), from the interrogative base in क्- (k-) + एंव (eṃva), for which see यों (yõ).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kjũː/
- (formal, uncommon) (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kjõː/
Adverb
क्यों • (kyõ) (Urdu spelling کیوں)
- why
तूने इस तरह का घर क्यों बनाया?- tūne is tarah kā ghar kyõ banāyā?
- Why did you make this kind of house?
- क्यों नहीं? ― kyõ nahī̃? ― Why not?
Coordinate terms
| type
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interrogative
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relative
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proximal demonstrative
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distal demonstrative
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indefinite
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| basic
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non-emphatic
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कौन (kaun, “who?”),
क्या (kyā, “what?”)
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जो (jo)
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यह (yah)
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वह (vah)
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कुछ (kuch), कोई (koī),
कुछ-न-कुछ (kuch-na-kuch),
कोई-न-कोई (koī-na-koī)
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| emphatic
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-
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जो भी (jo bhī)
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यही (yahī)
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वही (vahī)
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कोई भी (koī bhī), कुछ भी (kuch bhī)
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| time
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non-emphatic
|
कब (kab)
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जब (jab)
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अब (ab)
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तब (tab)
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कभी (kabhī)
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| emphatic
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-
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जभी (jabhī)
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अभी (abhī)
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तभी (tabhī)
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कभी भी (kabhī bhī)
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| place
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non-emphatic
|
कहाँ (kahā̃)
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जहाँ (jahā̃)
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यहाँ (yahā̃)
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वहाँ (vahā̃)
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कहीं (kahī̃, “somewhere”)
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| emphatic
|
-
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जहीं (jahī̃)
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यहीं (yahī̃)
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वहीं (vahī̃)
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कहीं भी (kahī̃ bhī, “anywhere”)
|
| quantity
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कितना (kitnā)
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जितना (jitnā)
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इतना (itnā)
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उतना (utnā)
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-
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| direction
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किधर (kidhar)
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जिधर (jidhar)
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इधर (idhar)
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उधर (udhar)
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-
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| quality
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कैसा (kaisā)
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जैसा (jaisā)
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ऐसा (aisā)
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वैसा (vaisā), तैसा m (taisā)
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कोई सा (koī sā)
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| manner
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कैसे (kaise)
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जैसे (jaise)
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ऐसे (aise),
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वैसे (vaise), तैसे (taise)
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-
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| reason/manner
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क्यों (kyõ)
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ज्यों (jyõ)
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क्योंकि (kyõki), यों (yõ)
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त्यों (tyõ)
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Derived terms
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क्यों”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 284