कई

See also: कोई

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit कतिपय (katipayá, “several”), from कति (kati).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kəˈi(ː)]

Determiner

कई • (kaī) (Urdu spelling کئی‎)

  1. several, many
    दुकान आज कई लोग आये हैं।
    dukān āj kaī log āye ha͠i.
    Many people have come to the shop today.
    Synonym: बहुत (bahut)
  2. of several kinds; varied
    कई मौसम के दिन ― kaī mausam ke din ― days of varied weather

References
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “कई”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “कई”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
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