কোন
See also: কেন, কেনা, কান, কিনা, and কোনো
Assamese
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit কঃ পুনৰ্ (kaḥ punar, “who”). Cognate with Gujarati કોણ (koṇ), Marathi कोण (koṇ), Hindi कौन (kaun).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʊn/
Pronoun
কোন • (kün)
- (interrogative) who
- কোনে কৈ আছে?
- küne koi ase?
- Who is speaking?
- (interrogative) which [কোন (kün) + classifier]
- কোনটো বেছি ভাল?
- küntü besi bhal?
- Which one is better?
- ঘৰটো কোনখিনিত?
- ghortü künkhinit?
- Where is the house?
- (literally, “In which (place) is the house?”)
- তুমিকোনকেইডাল গছ ৰুইছিলা?
- tumi künkeidal gos ruisila?
- Which plants did you plant?
Declension
| Declension of কোন | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| nominative | কোন (kün) | কোন কোন (kün kün) |
| objective | কাক (kak) | কাক কাক (kak kak) |
| genitive | কাৰ (kar) | কাৰ কাৰ (kar kar) |
| locative | কাৰ গাত (kar gat) | কাৰ কাৰ গাত (kar kar gat) |
| ergative | কোনে (küne) | কোনে কোনে (küne küne) |
Synonyms
- কাই (kai) (uncommon)
- কিহ- (kih-) (non human)
Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit कः पुनर् (kaḥ punar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon/, [kon]
Audio (file)
- Rhymes: -on
Pronoun
কোন • (kon)
- which
- কোনটা বেশি ভাল?
- konôṭa beśi bhal?
- Which one is better?