कि
- Not to be confused with की.
Hindi
Pronunciation
Standard:
- IPA(key): /ki/
Dialectal:
- IPA(key): /ke/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian که (ki). Compare Gujarati કે (ke), Marathi की (kī), Punjabi ਕਿ (ki).
Conjunction
कि • (ki) (Urdu spelling کہ)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “که”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कि”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “कि”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “कि”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कि”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ki”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “कि”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 134
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Etymology 2
See क्या (kyā, “what”).
Usage notes
Usually used as कि … कि … (ki … ki …, “… or …”).
Nepali
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