कई
See also: कोई
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit कतिपय (katipayá, “several”), from कति (kati).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kə.iː/, [kɐ.iː]
Pronoun
कई • (kaī) (Urdu spelling کئی)
- several things, several people (animate/inanimate plural (several))
- many, many people
- कइयों ने कहे हैं ― kaiyõ ne kahe ha͠i ― many (people) have said
Declension
| direct | कई (kaī) |
|---|---|
| indirect | कइयों (kaïyõ) |
| ergative | कइयों ने (kaïyõ ne) |
| genitive | कइयों का (kaïyõ kā) |
| dative | कइयों को (kaïyõ ko) |
| instrumental/ ablative |
कइयों से (kaïyõ se) |
| inessive | कइयों में (kaïyõ mẽ) |
| adessive | कइयों पे, कइयों पर (kaïyõ pe, kaïyõ par) |
| terminative | कइयों तक (kaïyõ tak) |
| semblative | कइयों सा (kaïyõ sā) |
Determiner
कई • (kaī) (Urdu spelling کئی)
- several, many
- Synonym: बहुत (bahut)
- दुकान आज कई लोग आये हैं।
- dukān āj kaī log āye ha͠i.
- Many people have come to the shop today.
- of several kinds; varied
- कई मौसम के दिन ― kaī mausam ke din ― days of varied weather
Declension
Does not decline as a determiner.
Related terms
See also
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “कई”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “कई”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN