কেউ

See also: কেঁউ

Bengali
কেউ (Pandanus odorifer)

Alternative forms
  • কেই (kei)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀓𑁂𑀯𑀺 (*kevi), from *𑀓𑀇 (*kaï) +‎ 𑀅𑀯𑀺 (avi), from Sanskrit कश्चिद् (kaścid, “anyone”) and अपि (api, indefinite marker) respectively.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /keu/, [keuˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /keu/, [keuˑ]
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Pronoun

কেউ • (keu)

  1. someone; somebody[1][2]
    Synonym: কেহ (keho)

See also

Noun

কেউ • (keu)

  1. flower of screw pine[2]
    Synonym: কেয়াফুল (keẏaphul)
    Holonyms: কেয়া (keẏa), কেতকী (ketôkī), কেওড়া (keōṛa)

References
  1. Graves Haughton (1833), “কেউ”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 788
  2. দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937), “কেউ”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, page 566
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