कः पुनर्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

কঃ পুনৰ্ (Assamese script)
ᬓᬄᬧᬸᬦᬃ (Balinese script)
কঃ পুনর্ (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰾𑱃𑰢𑰲𑰡𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀂 𑀧𑀼𑀦𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ကး ပုနရ် (Burmese script)
કઃ પુનર્ (Gujarati script)
ਕਃ ਪੁਨਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑌃 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦃꦥꦸꦤꦂ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂂 𑂣𑂳𑂢𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಕಃ ಪುನರ್ (Kannada script)
កះ បុនរ៑ (Khmer script)
ກະ ປຸນຣ຺ (Lao script)
കഃ പുനര് (Malayalam script)
ᡬᠠᢁ
ᢒᡠᠨᠠᡵ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘾 𑘢𑘳𑘡𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢉᠠᢁ᠋
ᢒᠤᠨᠠᠷ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧟 𑧂𑧔𑧁𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑑅 𑐥𑐸𑐣𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
କଃ ପୁନର୍ (Odia script)
ꢒꢁ ꢦꢸꢥꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆂 𑆥𑆶𑆤𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖾 𑖢𑖲𑖡𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
කඃ පුනර් (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑪗 𑩰𑩒𑩯𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚬 𑚞𑚰𑚝𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
க𑌃 புநர் (Tamil script)
కః పునర్ (Telugu script)
กะ ปุนรฺ (Thai script)
ཀཿ་པུ་ན་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑓁 𑒣𑒳𑒢𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨹 𑨞𑨃𑨝𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐh pu.nɐɾ/, [kɐɸ pu.nɐɾ]
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐh pu.n̪ɐɾ/, [kɐhɐ̆ pu.n̪ɐɾ]

Adverb

कः पुनर् • (kaḥ punar)

(interrogative) who?

Descendants

Descendants

Pali: ko pana
Central:
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
  - Old Awadhi: कवन (kavana)
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
  - Romani: kon, ko
  - Sauraseni Apabhramsa: कवण (kavaṇa)
    - Hindustani: kaun
      Hindi: कौन
      
      Urdu: کون (kon)
Central:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
  - Assamese: কোন (kün)
  - Bengali: কোন (kōn)
  - Bihari:
    - Bhojpuri: कवन (kavan)
    - Maithili: कोन (kōn)
  - Odia: କଣ (kaṇa), କୁନ (kuna)
Northern:
- Khasa Prakrit:
  - Eastern Pahari:
    - Nepali: कुन (kuna)
  - Western Pahari:
    - Bilaspuri: कुण (kuṇ)
    - Dogri: कु'न (ku'na)
    - Kangri: कुण (kuṇ)
    - Kullu Pahari: कुण (kuṇ)
    - Mandeali: कुण (kuṇ)
Northwestern:
- Paisaci Prakrit:
  - Takka Apabhramsa:
    - Lahnda: کوݨ (kōṇ)
    - Punjabi: kauṇ
      Gurmukhi script: ਕੌਣ
      
      Shahmukhi script: کَوݨ
Southern:
- Helu Prakrit:
  - Dhivehi: ކޮން (kon̊)
- Maharastri Prakrit:
  - Konkani: koṇ, koṇu
    Devanagari script: कोण, कोणु
    
    Latin script: konn, konnu
    
    Kannada script: ಕೋಣ್, ಕೋಣು
  - Old Marathi: कवण (kavaṇa), कव्हण (kavhaṇa)
    - Marathi: कोण (koṇ)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Old Gujarati: कवण (kavaṇa), कूण (kūṇa)
  Old Marwari: कुण (kuṇ)
  - Gujaratic:
    - Gujarati: કોણ (koṇ)
  - Rajasthani:
    - Marwari: कुण (kuṇ)
    - Mewati: कोण (koṇ)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaḥ punar”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 127