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Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit *कादृक् (kādṛk), from कीदृश (kīdṛśa) + -क (-ka). Cognate to Gujarati કે (ke), Hindi क्या (kyā).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
काय • (kāy)
- what
तुझं नाव काय?- tuj̈ha nāv kāy?
- What is your name? (informal)
See also
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kīdŕ̊k”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Newar
Pronunciation
Noun
काय • (kāya) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐎𑐵𑐫)
- son
Pali
Etymology 1
Noun
काय m
- Devanagari script form of kāya
Declension
Declension table of "काय" (masculine)
Etymology 2
Pronoun
काय
- Devanagari script form of kāya, which is instrumental/dative/ablative/genitive/locative singular of का (kā, “who (f.)”)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কায় (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬵᬬ (Balinese script)
- কায় (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰯𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- ကာယ (Burmese script)
- કાય (Gujarati script)
- ਕਾਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌾𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦴꦪ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂰𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಾಯ (Kannada script)
- កាយ (Khmer script)
- ກາຍ (Lao script)
- കായ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘰𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧑𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐵𑐫 (Newa script)
- କାଯ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢵꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆳𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖯𑖧 (Siddham script)
- කාය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩛𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚭𑚣 (Takri script)
- காய (Tamil script)
- కాయ (Telugu script)
- กาย (Thai script)
- ཀཱ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒰𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨊𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Related to चि (ci, “to collect, layer up”).
Pronunciation
Noun
काय • (kāya) stem, m
- the body
Derived terms
Descendants
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