কখন

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • কহন (kohon) — Vanga

Etymology

A compound of ক (ko, “what, which”, from Sanskrit क (ka)) + খন (khon, “time”).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kɔkʰɔn/, [ˈkɔkʰɔn]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kɔkʰɔn/, [ˈkɔkʰɔn]
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Pronoun

কখন • (kokhon)

  1. when, what time
    কখন আমি যাব? ― kokhon ami jab? ― when shall I go?

Usage notes

কখন (kokhon) means when, but in the time frame of what time. It is not synonymous with কবে (kobe), which also means when, but with the time frame of what day.

Derived terms

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