कोई

कोई

See also: कई

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit कश्चित् (káścit). Likely also influenced by Sanskrit कोऽपि (kó’pi), from कः (kaḥ) + अपि (api). Cognate to Awadhi कोई (koī), Braj कोऊ (koū), Punjabi ਕੋਈ (koī), Gujarati કોઈ (koī), Marathi कुणी (kuṇī), Bengali কেউ (keu), Bhojpuri केऊ (kēū), Assamese কেও (keü).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /koː.iː/

Adjective

कोई • (koī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کوئی‎)

1. some
2. certain

Pronoun

कोई • (koī) m or f (Urdu spelling کوئی‎)

1. any
2. anybody

   क्या यहाँ कोई है? ― kyā yahā̃ koī hai? ― Is anyone here?

3. someone, something

Declension

See Hindi Indefinite Pronouns

Derived terms

• कोई भी (koī bhī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कोई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koi̯]
• Phonetic Devanagari: कोइ

Pronoun

कोई • (koī)

1. Pronunciation spelling of कोही (kohī).