काय
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
- IPA(key): /kaj/
Pronoun
काय • (kāy)
- what
- तुझं नाव काय?
- tuj̈ha nāv kāy?
- What is your name? (informal)
See also
- कधी (kadhī)
- कसे (kase)
- का (kā)
- कोण (koṇ)
- कोणते (koṇte)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kīdŕ̊k”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Newar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kajə]
Noun
काय • (kāya) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐎𑐵𑐫)
- son
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- kāya (Latin script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- কায (Bengali script)
- කාය (Sinhalese script)
- ကာယ or ၵႃယ (Burmese script)
- กาย or กายะ (Thai script)
- ᨠᩣᨿ (Tai Tham script)
- ກາຍ or ກາຍະ or ກາຢະ (Lao script)
- កាយ (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄂𑄠 (Chakma script)
Noun
काय m
- Devanagari script form of kāya
Declension
Declension table of "काय" (masculine)
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
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) |
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
- ᬓᬵᬬ (Balinese script)
- কায (Assamese script)
- কায (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰯𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌕𑌾𑌯 (Grantha script)
- કાય (Gujarati script)
- ਕਾਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦏꦴꦪ (Javanese script)
- កាយ (Khmer script)
- ಕಾಯ (Kannada script)
- ກາຍ (Lao script)
- കായ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘎𑘰𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- ကာယ (Burmese script)
- 𑦮𑧑𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐵𑐫 (Newa script)
- କାଯ (Oriya script)
- ꢒꢵꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆳𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖯𑖧 (Siddham script)
- කාය (Sinhalese script)
- కాయ (Telugu script)
- กาย (Thai script)
- ཀཱ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒰𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kɑː.jɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkɑː.jɐ/
Noun
काय • (kāya) m
- the body
Derived terms
- धर्मकाय (dharmakāya)
Descendants
- Lao: ກາຍ (kāi)
- Pali: kāya
- Telugu: కాయము (kāyamu)
- Thai: กาย (gaai)