ਕਿਉਂ

Punjabi

Etymology

Perhaps from ਕੀ (kī, “what?”). Compare Hindi क्यों (kyõ).

Adverb

ਕਿਉਂ • (kiũ)

  1. why

Interjection

ਕਿਉਂ • (kiũ)

  1. what say you? how now?

References
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਕਿਉਂ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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