"क्यों" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Hindi]

IPA: /kjũː/ [Delhi], /kjuː/ [Delhi], /kjõː/ Forms: kyõ [romanization], کیوں [Urdu]
Etymology: Inherited from Old Hindi क्यूं (kyūṃ), from Sauraseni Apabhramsa किंव (kiṃva), केंव (keṃva), from the interrogative base in क्- (k-) + एंव (eṃva), for which see यों (yõ). Etymology templates: {{dercat|hi|pra|pra-sau|inc-ash|sa}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|hi|inc-ohi|क्यूं|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Hindi क्यूं (kyūṃ), {{inh+|hi|inc-ohi|क्यूं}} Inherited from Old Hindi क्यूं (kyūṃ), {{inh|hi|inc-asa|किंव|tr=kiṃva}} Sauraseni Apabhramsa किंव (kiṃva) Head templates: {{hi-adv|ur=کیوں}} क्यों • (kyõ) (Urdu spelling کیوں)
  1. why Synonyms: क्यूँ (kyū̃), क्यूं (kyū̃) [pronunciation-spelling] Derived forms: क्योंकि (kyõki) (english: because)
    Sense id: en-क्यों-hi-adv-K-I8WF8V Categories (other): Apabhramsa terms with redundant transliterations, Hindi entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Coordinate_terms: कौन (kaun) (english: who?), क्या (kyā) (english: what?), जो (jo), यह (yah), वह (vah), कुछ (kuch), कोई (koī), कुछ-न-कुछ (kuch-na-kuch), कोई-न-कोई (koī-na-koī), -, जो भी (jo bhī), यही (yahī), वही (vahī), कोई भी (koī bhī), कुछ भी (kuch bhī), कब (kab), जब (english: jab), अब (english: ab), तब (english: tab), कभी (kabhī), जभी (jabhī), अभी (abhī), तभी (tabhī), कभी भी (kabhī bhī), कहाँ (kahā̃), जहाँ (jahā̃), यहाँ (yahā̃), वहाँ (vahā̃), कहीं (kahī̃) (english: somewhere), जहीं (jahī̃), यहीं (yahī̃), वहीं (vahī̃), कहीं भी (kahī̃ bhī) (english: anywhere), कितना (kitnā), जितना (jitnā), इतना (itnā), उतना (utnā), किधर (kidhar), जिधर (jidhar), इधर (idhar), उधर (udhar), कैसा (kaisā), जैसा (jaisā), ऐसा (aisā), वैसा (vaisā), तैसा (taisā) [masculine], कोई सा (koī sā), कैसे (kaise), जैसे (jaise), ऐसे (aise), वैसे (vaise), तैसे (taise), ज्यों (jyõ), क्योंकि (kyõki), यों (yõ), त्यों (tyõ)

Alternative forms

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          "english": "who?",
          "roman": "kaun",
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        },
        {
          "english": "what?",
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          "word": "क्या"
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        {
          "roman": "jo",
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        {
          "roman": "yah",
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        {
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          "roman": "koī bhī",
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        {
          "roman": "kuch bhī",
          "word": "कुछ भी"
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        {
          "roman": "kab",
          "word": "कब"
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        {
          "english": "jab",
          "word": "जब"
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        {
          "english": "ab",
          "word": "अब"
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        {
          "english": "tab",
          "word": "तब"
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        {
          "roman": "kabhī",
          "word": "कभी"
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        {
          "roman": "jabhī",
          "word": "जभी"
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        {
          "roman": "abhī",
          "word": "अभी"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tabhī",
          "word": "तभी"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kabhī bhī",
          "word": "कभी भी"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kahā̃",
          "word": "कहाँ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jahā̃",
          "word": "जहाँ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yahā̃",
          "word": "यहाँ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "vahā̃",
          "word": "वहाँ"
        },
        {
          "english": "somewhere",
          "roman": "kahī̃",
          "word": "कहीं"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jahī̃",
          "word": "जहीं"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yahī̃",
          "word": "यहीं"
        },
        {
          "roman": "vahī̃",
          "word": "वहीं"
        },
        {
          "english": "anywhere",
          "roman": "kahī̃ bhī",
          "word": "कहीं भी"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kitnā",
          "word": "कितना"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jitnā",
          "word": "जितना"
        },
        {
          "roman": "itnā",
          "word": "इतना"
        },
        {
          "roman": "utnā",
          "word": "उतना"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kidhar",
          "word": "किधर"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jidhar",
          "word": "जिधर"
        },
        {
          "roman": "idhar",
          "word": "इधर"
        },
        {
          "roman": "udhar",
          "word": "उधर"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kaisā",
          "word": "कैसा"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jaisā",
          "word": "जैसा"
        },
        {
          "roman": "aisā",
          "word": "ऐसा"
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          "word": "वैसा"
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        },
        {
          "roman": "koī sā",
          "word": "कोई सा"
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          "roman": "kaise",
          "word": "कैसे"
        },
        {
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          "word": "जैसे"
        },
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          "word": "ऐसे"
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          "word": "वैसे"
        },
        {
          "roman": "taise",
          "word": "तैसे"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jyõ",
          "word": "ज्यों"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kyõki",
          "word": "क्योंकि"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yõ",
          "word": "यों"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tyõ",
          "word": "त्यों"
        }
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          "roman": "kyõki",
          "word": "क्योंकि"
        }
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          "english": "Why did you make this kind of house?",
          "roman": "tūne is tarah kā ghar kyõ banāyā?",
          "text": "तूने इस तरह का घर क्यों बनाया?"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why not?",
          "roman": "kyõ nahī̃?",
          "text": "क्यों नहीं?"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "why"
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          "roman": "kyū̃",
          "word": "क्यूँ"
        },
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          "roman": "kyū̃",
          "tags": [
            "pronunciation-spelling"
          ],
          "word": "क्यूं"
        }
      ]
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      "ipa": "/kjũː/",
      "tags": [
        "Delhi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kjuː/",
      "tags": [
        "Delhi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kjõː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "क्यों"
}
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      "english": "who?",
      "roman": "kaun",
      "word": "कौन"
    },
    {
      "english": "what?",
      "roman": "kyā",
      "word": "क्या"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jo",
      "word": "जो"
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    {
      "roman": "yah",
      "word": "यह"
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    {
      "roman": "vah",
      "word": "वह"
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    {
      "roman": "kuch",
      "word": "कुछ"
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    {
      "roman": "koī",
      "word": "कोई"
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    {
      "roman": "kuch-na-kuch",
      "word": "कुछ-न-कुछ"
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      "word": "कोई-न-कोई"
    },
    {
      "word": "-"
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    {
      "roman": "jo bhī",
      "word": "जो भी"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yahī",
      "word": "यही"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vahī",
      "word": "वही"
    },
    {
      "roman": "koī bhī",
      "word": "कोई भी"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kuch bhī",
      "word": "कुछ भी"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kab",
      "word": "कब"
    },
    {
      "english": "jab",
      "word": "जब"
    },
    {
      "english": "ab",
      "word": "अब"
    },
    {
      "english": "tab",
      "word": "तब"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kabhī",
      "word": "कभी"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jabhī",
      "word": "जभी"
    },
    {
      "roman": "abhī",
      "word": "अभी"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tabhī",
      "word": "तभी"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kabhī bhī",
      "word": "कभी भी"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kahā̃",
      "word": "कहाँ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jahā̃",
      "word": "जहाँ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yahā̃",
      "word": "यहाँ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vahā̃",
      "word": "वहाँ"
    },
    {
      "english": "somewhere",
      "roman": "kahī̃",
      "word": "कहीं"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jahī̃",
      "word": "जहीं"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yahī̃",
      "word": "यहीं"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vahī̃",
      "word": "वहीं"
    },
    {
      "english": "anywhere",
      "roman": "kahī̃ bhī",
      "word": "कहीं भी"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kitnā",
      "word": "कितना"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jitnā",
      "word": "जितना"
    },
    {
      "roman": "itnā",
      "word": "इतना"
    },
    {
      "roman": "utnā",
      "word": "उतना"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kidhar",
      "word": "किधर"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jidhar",
      "word": "जिधर"
    },
    {
      "roman": "idhar",
      "word": "इधर"
    },
    {
      "roman": "udhar",
      "word": "उधर"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kaisā",
      "word": "कैसा"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jaisā",
      "word": "जैसा"
    },
    {
      "roman": "aisā",
      "word": "ऐसा"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vaisā",
      "word": "वैसा"
    },
    {
      "roman": "taisā",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "तैसा"
    },
    {
      "roman": "koī sā",
      "word": "कोई सा"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kaise",
      "word": "कैसे"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jaise",
      "word": "जैसे"
    },
    {
      "roman": "aise",
      "word": "ऐसे"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vaise",
      "word": "वैसे"
    },
    {
      "roman": "taise",
      "word": "तैसे"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jyõ",
      "word": "ज्यों"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kyõki",
      "word": "क्योंकि"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yõ",
      "word": "यों"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tyõ",
      "word": "त्यों"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "english": "because",
      "roman": "kyõki",
      "word": "क्योंकि"
    }
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        "lit": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Hindi क्यूं (kyūṃ)",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
        "2": "inc-ohi",
        "3": "क्यूं"
      },
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      "name": "inh+"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
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        "3": "किंव",
        "tr": "kiṃva"
      },
      "expansion": "Sauraseni Apabhramsa किंव (kiṃva)",
      "name": "inh"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old Hindi क्यूं (kyūṃ), from Sauraseni Apabhramsa किंव (kiṃva), केंव (keṃva), from the interrogative base in क्- (k-) + एंव (eṃva), for which see यों (yõ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kyõ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کیوں",
      "tags": [
        "Urdu"
      ]
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  ],
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      "args": {
        "ur": "کیوں"
      },
      "expansion": "क्यों • (kyõ) (Urdu spelling کیوں)",
      "name": "hi-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hindi",
  "lang_code": "hi",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Apabhramsa terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Hindi adverbs",
        "Hindi entries with incorrect language header",
        "Hindi interrogative adverbs",
        "Hindi lemmas",
        "Hindi terms derived from Ashokan Prakrit",
        "Hindi terms derived from Old Hindi",
        "Hindi terms derived from Prakrit",
        "Hindi terms derived from Sanskrit",
        "Hindi terms derived from Sauraseni Apabhramsa",
        "Hindi terms derived from Sauraseni Prakrit",
        "Hindi terms inherited from Old Hindi",
        "Hindi terms inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa",
        "Hindi terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hindi terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Why did you make this kind of house?",
          "roman": "tūne is tarah kā ghar kyõ banāyā?",
          "text": "तूने इस तरह का घर क्यों बनाया?"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why not?",
          "roman": "kyõ nahī̃?",
          "text": "क्यों नहीं?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "why"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "why",
          "why"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kjũː/",
      "tags": [
        "Delhi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kjuː/",
      "tags": [
        "Delhi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kjõː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kyū̃",
      "word": "क्यूँ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kyū̃",
      "tags": [
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ],
      "word": "क्यूं"
    }
  ],
  "word": "क्यों"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.