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کیا
کیا
Urdu
Particle
کیا • (kyā), Hindi spelling: क्या (kyā)
- initial interrogative particle.
Usage notes
- In this usage, it does not have a direct translation as a word in English, it simply makes a statement into a question.
- کیا آپ یہاں رہتے ہیں؟ (kyā āp yahā̃ rehte ha͠i?) "Do you live here?" or "[Question marker] Do you here live (is)?" in literal order.
Pronoun
کیا • (kyā), Hindi spelling: क्या (kyā)
- (interrogative) what
- آم کا دام کیا ہے؟ (ām kā dām kyā hai?) "What is the price of mangos?" or "Mangos of price what is?" in literal order.
References
- McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993
- Platts, John Thompson. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884.