کوئی

Inherited from Old Punjabi کوءِ (ko'i), from Prakrit [script needed] (koi), from Sanskrit कश्चिद् (káścid). Compare Urdu کوئی (ko'ī).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /koː.iː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: کو‧ءِی

کوئی • (ko'ī) (Gurmukhi ਕੋਈ)

1. any (object)
2. anyone (person, being)

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کوئی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “کوئی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “káścid”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 151

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit कश्चिद् (káścid). Likely also influenced by Sanskrit कोऽपि (kó’pi). Cognate to Awadhi कोई (koī), Braj कोऊ (koū), Punjabi ਕੋਈ (koī), Gujarati કોઈ (koī), Marathi कुणी (kuṇī), Bengali কেউ (keu), Bhojpuri केऊ (kēū), Assamese কেও (keü).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /koː.iː/

کوئی • (koī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling कोई)

1. some
2. certain

کوئی • (koī) m or f (Hindi spelling कोई)

1. any
2. anybody

   کیا یہاں کوئی ہے؟ ― kyā yahā̃ koī hai? ― Is anyone here?

3. someone, something

کوئی (kōai)

1. which, who