کیا

Urdu

Etymology

From Prakrit केहो, earlier केद्दहो, from Sanskrit कीट्टशः (kīṭṭaśaḥ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kjaː/

Particle

کیا • (kyā), Hindi spelling: क्या (kyā)

initial interrogative particle.

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.

کیا آپ یہاں رہتے ہیں؟‎ (kyā āp yahā̃ rehte ha͠i?) "Do you live here?" or "[Question marker] Do you here live (is)?" in literal order.

Pronoun

کیا • (kyā), Hindi spelling: क्या (kyā)

(interrogative) what
آم کا دام کیا ہے؟‎ (ām kā dām kyā hai?) "What is the price of mangos?" or "Mangos of price what is?" in literal order.

References

McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993
Platts, John Thompson. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884.

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