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Bengali
Alternative forms
- কেনে (kene)
- ক্যান (kên) — pronunciation spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit केन (kena), the instrumental singular of किम् (kim).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
কেন • (keno)
- why
- কেন যাব ― keno jab ― Why shall I go
Derived terms
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Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- kena (Latin script)
- 𑀓𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- केन (Devanagari script)
- කෙන (Sinhalese script)
- ကေန or ၵေၼ (Burmese script)
- เกน or เกนะ (Thai script)
- ᨠᩮᨶ (Tai Tham script)
- ເກນ or ເກນະ (Lao script)
- កេន (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)
Pronoun
কেন
- Bengali script form of kena, which is instrumental singular of ক (ka, “who (m.)”)
- Bengali script form of kena, which is instrumental singular of ক (ka, “what”)