कोई

See also: कई

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit कश्चित् (káścit). Likely also influenced by Sanskrit कोऽपि (kó’pi), from कः (kaḥ) + अपि (api). 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), Sinhalese කොයි (koyi).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /koː.iː/

Adjective

कोई (koī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کوئی)

  1. some
  2. certain

Pronoun

कोई (koī) m or f (Urdu spelling کوئی)

  1. any
  2. anybody
    क्या यहाँ कोई है?kyā yahā̃ koī hai?Is anyone here?
  3. someone, something

Declension

See Hindi Indefinite Pronouns

Derived terms

  • कोई भी (koī bhī)

References

Nepali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [koi̯]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: कोइ

Pronoun

कोई (koī)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of कोही (kohī).
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