কি

See also: কী and কি.

Assamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit किम् (kim, “what, which”). Compare Punjabi ਕੀ (kī), Gujarati કિયું (kiyũ), Marathi की (kī), Bengali কী (ki), Hindustani क्या (kyā) / کیا (kyā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ki/, /kiː/
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Pronoun

কি • (ki)

  1. what?
    তাইৰ নাম কি? ― tair nam ki? ― What is her name?
    তুমি আহি আছা নেকি? ― tumi ahi asa neki? ― You are coming or-what? (Are you coming?)

Declension
Declension of কি
Singular Plural
nominative কি
(ki)		 কি কি
(ki ki)
objective কিহক
(kihok)		 কিহক কিহক
(kihok kihok)
genitive কিহৰ
(kihor)		 কিহৰ কিহৰ
(kihor kihor)
locative কিহত
(kihot)		 কিহত কিহত
(kihot kihot)
ergative কিহে
(kihe)		 কিহে কিহে
(kihe kihe)

Derived terms

See also
  • যি (zi)

Bengali

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ki/, [ˈkiː], [ˈkiˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ki/, [ˈkiː], [ˈkiˑ]
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀺 (ki), from Sanskrit किम् (kim).

Particle

কি • (ki)

  1. Forms yes or no questions when placed in the second or final position of a sentence.
    তোমার কি কুকুর আছে? ― tōmar ki kukur ache? ― Do you have a dog?
    তোমার কুকুর আছে কি? ― tōmar kukur ache ki? ― Do you have a dog?
Usage notes

In this usage, it does not have a direct translation as a word in English, it simply makes a statement into a question.

Declension
NominativeObjectiveGenitiveLocative
Singular কি (ki) কিসের (kiśer) কিসে (kiśe)

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Pronoun

কি • (ki)

  1. (interrogative, often proscribed) what?
  2. (rhetorical, often proscribed) such, what, how
Usage notes

The usage of কি as a pronoun has been often proscribed and replaced with কী (ki) in recent times.

Etymology 2

Transliteration of English key.

Noun

কি • (ki)

  1. (computing) key (one of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters)

References
  1. Hanne-Ruth Thompson, Bengali, →ISBN page 71

Hajong

Pronoun

কি (ki)

  1. (interrogative) what
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