"کی" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Persian]

IPA: [kaj] [Classical-Persian], [kʰäj] [Dari, formal], [kʰäj] [Dari, formal], [kʰäj] [Kabuli], [kʰäj] (note: Hazaragi), [kʲej] [Iran, formal], [kʰäj] [Tajik, formal] Forms: key [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (AYMT /⁠kay⁠/) 𐫐𐫏𐫏 (kyy /⁠kay⁠/), 𐫐𐫏 (ky /⁠kay⁠/). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal||sc=Phlv|tr=AYMT|ts=kay}} Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (AYMT /⁠kay⁠/), {{m|pal|𐫐𐫏𐫏|ts=kay}} 𐫐𐫏𐫏 (kyy /⁠kay⁠/), {{m|pal|𐫐𐫏|ts=kay}} 𐫐𐫏 (ky /⁠kay⁠/) Head templates: {{head|fa|adverb|tr=key}} کی • (key)
  1. (interrogative) when? Tags: interrogative
    Sense id: en-کی-fa-adv-3cTVhTlh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Persian]

IPA: [kaj] [Classical-Persian], [kʰäj] [Dari, formal], [kʰäj] [Dari, formal], [kʰäj] [Kabuli], [kʰäj] (note: Hazaragi), [kʲej] [Iran, formal], [kʰäj] [Tajik, formal] Forms: key [romanization], کیان [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kad /⁠kay⁠/, “legendary ancient king of Iran”), borrowed from Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌 (kauui, “poet, bard; vision-poet, Mazdean sacrificer”), from Proto-Iranian *káwHiš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káwHiš, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-. The visionary poets of the Avesta were mistakenly interpreted as ancient kings by the Sasanian Zoroastrian priests. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fa|pal|||legendary ancient king of Iran|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=Phlv|sort=|tr=kad|ts=kay}} Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kad /⁠kay⁠/, “legendary ancient king of Iran”), {{inh+|fa|pal||sc=Phlv|t=legendary ancient king of Iran|tr=kad|ts=kay}} Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kad /⁠kay⁠/, “legendary ancient king of Iran”), {{der|fa|ae|𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌|t=poet, bard; vision-poet, Mazdean sacrificer}} Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌 (kauui, “poet, bard; vision-poet, Mazdean sacrificer”), {{der|fa|ira-pro|*káwHiš}} Proto-Iranian *káwHiš, {{der|fa|iir-pro|*káwHiš}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *káwHiš, {{der|fa|ine-pro|*(s)kewh₁-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|کیان|||||f1tr=kayân|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=key|tr2=|tr3=}} کی • (key) (plural کیان (kayân)), {{fa-noun|pl=کیان|pltr=kayân|tr=key}} کی • (key) (plural کیان (kayân))
  1. (Iranian mythology) Key, Kay: the title of a number of legendary kings of Iran, belonging to the mythical Kayanian dynasty. Tags: Iranian Categories (topical): Iranian mythology
    Sense id: en-کی-fa-noun-IKzyv8fd Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 2 86 12 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Pronoun [Persian]

IPA: [ˈkiː] [Classical-Persian], [kʰíː] [Dari, formal], [kʰíː] [Dari, formal], [kʰíː] [Kabuli], [kʰí] (note: Hazaragi), [kʰʲíː] [Iran, formal], [kʰí] [Tajik, formal] Forms: ki [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Persian 𐫐𐫏 (ky /⁠kē⁠/). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|𐫐𐫏|ts=kē}} Middle Persian 𐫐𐫏 (ky /⁠kē⁠/) Head templates: {{head|fa|pronoun|tr=ki}} کی • (ki)
  1. (interrogative) who? Tags: interrogative Synonyms: که (ke) [archaic]
    Sense id: en-کی-fa-pron-HYF20Xk1 Categories (other): Persian pronouns
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Particle [Urdu]

IPA: /kiː/ [Standard, Urdu] Forms: [romanization], की [Hindi]
Head templates: {{ur-particle|hi=की}} کی • (kī) (Hindi spelling की)
  1. feminine of کا () Tags: feminine, form-of Form of: کا (extra: kā)
    Sense id: en-کی-ur-particle-XTr-2Nu~ Categories (other): Urdu entries with incorrect language header, Urdu particles

Inflected forms

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        "3": "",
        "sc": "Phlv",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "𐫐𐫏𐫏",
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      "name": "m"
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          "english": "when are you going to sleep? (Dari, informal)",
          "roman": "kay xaw mē-rī?",
          "text": "کَی خَو میرِی؟",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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        "formal"
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      "ipa": "[kʰäj]",
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        "Tajik",
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          "english": "Who are you? (informal polite)",
          "roman": "šomâ ki hastin?",
          "text": "شما کی هستین؟",
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        }
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "[kʰíː]",
      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "[kʰí]",
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      "form": "key",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "f2tr": "",
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        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
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        "tr3": ""
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          "source": "w"
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        "Key, Kay: the title of a number of legendary kings of Iran, belonging to the mythical Kayanian dynasty."
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        "(Iranian mythology) Key, Kay: the title of a number of legendary kings of Iran, belonging to the mythical Kayanian dynasty."
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        "sciences"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäj]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
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        "Kabuli"
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      "note": "Hazaragi"
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      "ipa": "[kʲej]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäj]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
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    }
  ],
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}

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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hindi"
      ]
    }
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    }
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    }
  ],
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}
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    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
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          "english": "when are you going to sleep? (Dari, informal)",
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          "text": "کَی خَو میرِی؟",
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        "when?"
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        "(interrogative) when?"
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        "Dari",
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      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
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        "Kabuli"
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      "note": "Hazaragi"
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      "tags": [
        "Iran",
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    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäj]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "کی"
}

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    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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        "ts": "kē"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐫐𐫏 (ky /⁠kē⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian 𐫐𐫏 (ky /⁠kē⁠/).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ki",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "tr": "ki"
      },
      "expansion": "کی • (ki)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Who are you? (informal polite)",
          "roman": "šomâ ki hastin?",
          "text": "شما کی هستین؟",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who?"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) who?"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkiː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰíː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰíː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰíː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰí]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰʲíː]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰí]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ke",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "که"
    }
  ],
  "word": "کی"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Avestan",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for Book Pahlavi script for Middle Persian terms"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "legendary ancient king of Iran",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "Phlv",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "kad",
        "ts": "kay"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kad /⁠kay⁠/, “legendary ancient king of Iran”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "",
        "sc": "Phlv",
        "t": "legendary ancient king of Iran",
        "tr": "kad",
        "ts": "kay"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kad /⁠kay⁠/, “legendary ancient king of Iran”)",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ae",
        "3": "𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌",
        "t": "poet, bard; vision-poet, Mazdean sacrificer"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌 (kauui, “poet, bard; vision-poet, Mazdean sacrificer”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*káwHiš"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *káwHiš",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*káwHiš"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *káwHiš",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)kewh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kad /⁠kay⁠/, “legendary ancient king of Iran”), borrowed from Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌 (kauui, “poet, bard; vision-poet, Mazdean sacrificer”), from Proto-Iranian *káwHiš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káwHiš, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-. The visionary poets of the Avesta were mistakenly interpreted as ancient kings by the Sasanian Zoroastrian priests.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "key",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کیان",
      "roman": "kayân",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "کیان",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "kayân",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "key",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "کی • (key) (plural کیان (kayân))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "کیان",
        "pltr": "kayân",
        "tr": "key"
      },
      "expansion": "کی • (key) (plural کیان (kayân))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "fa:Iranian mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Key, Kay: the title of a number of legendary kings of Iran, belonging to the mythical Kayanian dynasty."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Iranian",
          "Iranian"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "Kayanian dynasty",
          "w:Kayanian dynasty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Iranian mythology) Key, Kay: the title of a number of legendary kings of Iran, belonging to the mythical Kayanian dynasty."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Iranian"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kaj]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäj]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäj]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäj]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäj]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲej]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰäj]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "کی"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kī",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "की",
      "tags": [
        "Hindi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hi": "की"
      },
      "expansion": "کی • (kī) (Hindi spelling की)",
      "name": "ur-particle"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Urdu",
  "lang_code": "ur",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Urdu entries with incorrect language header",
        "Urdu lemmas",
        "Urdu particles",
        "Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Urdu terms with redundant head parameter"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "kā",
          "word": "کا"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feminine of کا (kā)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "کا",
          "کا#Urdu"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kiː/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard",
        "Urdu"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "کی"
}

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