"क्यों" meaning in Hindi

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Adverb

IPA: /kjũː/ [Delhi-Hindi], /kjõː/ [formal, uncommon] 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|inc-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-sap|किंव|tr=kiṃva}} Sauraseni Apabhramsa किंव (kiṃva), {{m|inc-sap|केंव|tr=keṃva}} केंव (keṃva), {{m|sa|किम्|क्-}} क्- (k-), {{m|inc-sap|एंव|tr=eṃva}} एंव (eṃva), {{m|hi|यों}} यों (yõ) Head templates: {{hi-adv|ur=کیوں}} क्यों • (kyõ) (Urdu spelling کیوں)
  1. why Synonyms: क्यूँ (kyū̃) [pronunciation-spelling] Derived forms: क्योंकि (kyõki) (english: because)
    Sense id: en-क्यों-hi-adv-K-I8WF8V Categories (other): Hindi entries with incorrect language header 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)

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      ],
      "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?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why not?",
          "roman": "kyõ nahī̃?",
          "text": "क्यों नहीं?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "why"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "why",
          "why"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kjũː/",
      "tags": [
        "Delhi-Hindi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kjõː/",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kyū̃",
      "tags": [
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ],
      "word": "क्यूँ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "क्यों"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Hindi dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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.