কেন

See also: কেনা, কান, কিনা, কোন, and কোনো

Bengali

Alternative forms

কেনে (kene)
ক্যান (kên) — pronunciation spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit केन (kena), the instrumental singular of किम् (kim).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /kæn/, [ˈkæːn], [ˈkæn], /kæno/, [ˈkænoˑ]
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(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kæn/, [ˈkæːn], [ˈkæn], /kæno/, [ˈkænoˑ]
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Pronoun

কেন • (keno)

why
কেন যাব ― keno jab ― Why shall I go

Derived terms

কেননা (kenona)

References

Accessible Dictionary, “কেন” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “কেন, কেনে, কেনি (মধ্যযুগীয় বাংলা)” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

kena (Latin script)
𑀓𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
केन (Devanagari script)
කෙන (Sinhalese script)
ကေန or ၵေၼ (Burmese script)
เกน or เกนะ (Thai script)
ᨠᩮᨶ (Tai Tham script)
ເກນ or ເກນະ (Lao script)
កេន (Khmer script)
𑄇𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

কেন

Bengali script form of kena, which is instrumental singular of ক (ka, “who (m.)”)
Bengali script form of kena, which is instrumental singular of ক (ka, “what”)

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