کوئی

Unknown. Inherited from Old Punjabi کوءِ‎ (ko'i). Compare Urdu کوئی‎ (ko'ī).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /koː.iː/
• Rhymes: -iː

کوئی • (ko'ī) (Gurmukhi ਕੋਈ‎)

1. any (object)
2. anyone (person, being)

• “کوئی‎”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “کوئی‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit कश्चिद् (káścid). Likely also influenced by Sanskrit कोऽपि (kó’pi). Cognate to Awadhi कोई (koī), Braj कोऊ (koū), Punjabi ਕੋਈ (koī), Gujarati કોઈ (koī), Marathi कुणी (kuṇī), Bengali কেউ (keu), Bhojpuri केऊ (kēū), Assamese কেও (keü).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /koː.iː/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /koː.iː/

کوئی • (transliteration needed) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling कोई)

1. some
2. certain

کوئی • (koī) m or f (Hindi spelling कोई)

1. any
2. anybody

   ‏کیا یہاں کوئی ہے؟‎‎ ― kyā yahā̃ koī hai? ― Is anyone here?

3. someone, something

کوئی (kōai)

1. which, who