کتنا
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit *कियत्त (*kiyatta).
Pronunciation
- (phr) IPA(key): /ˈkɪ.t̪ə̆.naː/
Adverb
کِتْنا (kitnā)
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬 (kittiya) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀦- (-na-), from Sanskrit *कियत्त (*kiyatta), variant of कियत् (kíyat). Doublet of کِتَّا (kittā). Cognate with Punjabi ਕਿਤਨਾ / کِتْنا (kitnā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kɪt̪.nɑː/
Determiner
کِتْنا • (kitnā) (Hindi spelling कितना (kitnā)) (interrogative)
Declension
| masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | کِتْنا (kitnā) | کِتْنے (kitne) | کِتْنی (kitnī) | کِتْنی (kitnī) | |
| indirect | کِتْنے (kitne) | کِتْنے (kitne) | کِتْنی (kitnī) | کِتْنی (kitnī) | |
See also
- Appendix:Urdu correlatives
Further reading
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “کتنا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 909
- Platts, John T. (1884) “کتنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 812
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کتنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 480
- “کتنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- John Shakespear (1834) “کتنا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1319
- “کتنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.