কি

কি

See also: কী and কি.

Assamese

Alternative forms

• কিহ (kih)

Etymology

From Sanskrit किम् (kim, “what, which”). Compare Punjabi ਕੀ (kī), Gujarati કિયું (kiyũ), Marathi की (kī), Bengali কী (kī), 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

• কিনো (kinü)
• কিবা (kiba)
• নেকি (neki)

 

See also

• যি (zi)

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Bengali

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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? ― tomar ki kukur ache? ― Do you have a dog?

   তোমার কুকুর আছে কি? ― tomar 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

	Nominative	Objective	Genitive	Locative
Singular	কি (ki)		কিসের (kiser)	কিসে (kise)

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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 (kī).

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)

Related terms

• কিবোর্ড (kiborḍ)

References

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

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Hajong

Pronoun

কি (ki)

1. (interrogative) what