কেউ

See also: কেঁউ

Bengali

Alternative forms

কেই (kei) — rare
কেহ (keho) — with emphatic aspirate
কেও (keō) — pronunciation spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀓𑁂𑀯𑀺 (*kevi), from *𑀓𑁂 (*ke) +‎ 𑀅𑀯𑀺 (avi), from Sanskrit কে (ke), the nominative/accusative dual of কিম্ (kim), and অপি (api, indefinite marker) respectively. Cognate with Assamese কেও (keü), Bhojpuri केऊ (kēū), Awadhi कोई (koī), Braj कोऊ (koū), Hindustani کوئی (koī) / कोई (koī), Punjabi ਕੋਈ (koī), Gujarati કોઈ (koī), Marathi कुणी (kuṇī).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /keu/, [ˈkeuˑ], /keʊ/, [ˈkeʊ], /keo/, [ˈkeoˑ]
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(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /keu/, [ˈkeuˑ], /keʊ/, [ˈkeʊ], /keo/, [ˈkeoˑ]
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Pronoun

কেউ • (keu) (objective কাউকে (kauke), genitive কারও (karō))

someone; somebody
Synonym: কেহ (keho)

See also

কিছু (kichu)
কেউ না (keu na)
সবাই (śobai)

Noun

কেউ • (keu)

flower of screw pine
Synonym: কেয়াফুল (keẏaphul)

Holonyms: কেয়া (keẏa), কেতকী (ketôkī), কেওড়া (keōṛa)