कौन
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa कवन (kavana), from Sanskrit कः पुनर् (kaḥ punar, “who”). Compare Gujarati કોણ (koṇ), Marathi कोण (koṇ), Assamese কোন (kün).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kɔːn/, [kɔ̃ːn̪]
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Pronoun
कौन • (kaun) (Urdu spelling کون)
- (interrogative) who?
- कौन बोल रहे हैं? ― kaun bol rahe ha͠i? ― Who is speaking?
Declension
Pronoun declension of कौन
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | कौन kaun |
कौन kaun |
| indirect | किस kis |
किन kin |
| ergative | किसने kisne |
किनहोंने kinhõne |
| genitive | किसका kiskā |
किनका kinkā |
| dative | किसे, किसको kise, kisko |
किन्हें, किनको kinhẽ, kinko |
| instrumental/ablative | किससे kisse |
किनसे kinse |
| inessive | किसमें kismẽ |
किनमें kinmẽ |
| adessive | किसपे, किसपर kispe, kispar |
किनपे, किनपर kinpe, kinpar |
| terminative | किसतक kistak |
किनतक kintak |
| semblative | किससा kissā |
किनसा kinsā |
Related terms
- क्या (kyā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कौन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “कौन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kaḥ punar”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 127
- “कौन”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
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