काय

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Marathi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit *कादृक् (kādṛk), from कीदृश (kīdṛśa) + -क (-ka). Cognate to Gujarati કે (ke), Hindi क्या (kyā).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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काय (kāy)

  1. what
    तुझं नाव काय?
    tuj̈ha nāv kāy?
    What is your name? (informal)

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Newar

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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काय (kāya? (Newa Spelling 𑐎𑐵𑐫)

  1. son

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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काय m

  1. Devanagari script form of kāya
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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काय

  1. Devanagari script form of kāya, which is instrumental/dative/ablative/genitive/locative singular of का (, who (f.))

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Related to चि (ci, to collect, layer up).

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Noun

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काय (kāya) stemm

  1. the body

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Lao: ກາຍ (kāi)
  • Pali: kāya
  • Telugu: కాయము (kāyamu)
  • Thai: กาย (gaai)

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “काय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 274, column 1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “kāya- - kārú”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 340
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “CAY² - CAY³”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 532