Hindi

Particle

क्या • ‎(kyā) ‎(Urdu spelling کیا)

1. initial interrogative particle

Usage notes

In this usage, it does not have a direct translation as a word in English, it simply makes a statement into a question.

Example: क्या आप यहाँ रहते हैं?‎

kyā āp yahā̃ rahte haĩ?

Do you live here?" or "[Question marker] Do you here live (is)?" in literal order.

Pronoun

क्या • ‎(kyā) ‎(Urdu spelling کیا)

1. (interrogative) what

   आम का दाम क्या है?‎

   ām kā dām kyā hai?

   What is the price of mangos?

Declension

References

• McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993
• Platts, John Thompson. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884.