क्यों

See also: काया, क्यूँ, क्या, काय, and किया

Hindi

Alternative forms

क्यूँ (kyū̃) — pronunciation spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi क्यूं (kyūṃ), from Sauraseni Apabhramsa किंव (kiṃva), केंव (keṃva), from the interrogative base in क्- (k-) + एंव (eṃva), for which see यों (yõ).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kjũː/
(formal, uncommon) (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kjõː/

Adverb

क्यों • (kyõ) (Urdu spelling کیوں‎)

why
तूने इस तरह का घर क्यों बनाया?
tūne is tarah kā ghar kyõ banāyā?
Why did you make this kind of house?

क्यों नहीं? ― kyõ nahī̃? ― Why not?

Related terms

ज्यों (jyõ)
यों (yõ)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “क्यों”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 284

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