कभी
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kə.bʱiː/, [kɐ.bʱiː]
Adverb
कभी • (kabhī) (Urdu spelling کبھی)
- sometimes, once in a while
- कभी कभी ― kabhī kabhī ― sometimes
- ever
Coordinate terms
Hindi correlatives
| type | interrogative | relative | proximal demonstrative | distal demonstrative | indefinite | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic | non-emphatic | कौन (kaun, “who?”), क्या (kyā, “what?”) |
जो (jo) | यह (yah) | वह (vah) | कुछ (kuch), कोई (koī), कुछ-न-कुछ (kuch-na-kuch), कोई-न-कोई (koī-na-koī) |
| emphatic | - | जो भी (jo bhī) | यही (yahī) | वही (vahī) | कोई भी (koī bhī), कुछ भी (kuch bhī) | |
| time | non-emphatic | कब (kab) | जब (jab) | अब (ab) | तब (tab) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) |
| emphatic | - | जभी (jabhī) | अभी (abhī) | तभी (tabhī) | कभी भी (kabhī bhī) | |
| place | non-emphatic | कहाँ (kahā̃) | जहाँ (jahā̃) | यहाँ (yahā̃) | वहाँ (vahā̃) | कहीं (kahī̃, “somewhere”) |
| emphatic | - | जहीं (jahī̃) | यहीं (yahī̃) | वहीं (vahī̃) | कहीं भी (kahī̃ bhī, “anywhere”) | |
| quantity | कितना (kitnā) | जितना (jitnā) | इतना (itnā) | उतना (utnā) | - | |
| direction | किधर (kidhar) | जिधर (jidhar) | इधर (idhar) | उधर (udhar) | - | |
| quality | कैसा (kaisā) | जैसा (jaisā) | ऐसा (aisā) | वैसा (vaisā), तैसा m (taisā) | कोई सा (koī sā) | |
| manner | कैसे (kaise) | जैसे (jaise) | ऐसे (aise) | वैसे (vaise), तैसे (taise) |
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Derived terms
- कभी कभी (kabhī kabhī)
- कभी नहीं (kabhī nahī̃)
- कभी भी (kabhī bhī)
- कभी-न-कभी (kabhī-na-kabhī)
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “कभी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “कभी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- “कभी”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “कभी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कभी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “कभी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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