कः पुनर्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কঃ পুনৰ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬄᬧᬸᬦᬃ (Balinese script)
• কঃ পুনর্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰾𑱃𑰢𑰲𑰡𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀂 𑀧𑀼𑀦𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ကး ပုနရ် (Burmese script)
• કઃ પુનર્ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਃ ਪੁਨਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌃 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦃꦥꦸꦤꦂ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂂 𑂣𑂳𑂢𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಃ ಪುನರ್ (Kannada script)
• កះ បុនរ៑ (Khmer script)
• ກະ ປຸນຣ຺ (Lao script)
• കഃ പുനര് (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᢁ
  ᢒᡠᠨᠠᡵ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘾 𑘢𑘳𑘡𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢁ᠋
  ᢒᠤᠨᠠᠷ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧟 𑧂𑧔𑧁𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑅 𑐥𑐸𑐣𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
• କଃ ପୁନର୍ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢁ ꢦꢸꢥꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆂 𑆥𑆶𑆤𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖾 𑖢𑖲𑖡𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
• කඃ පුනර් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑪗 𑩰𑩒𑩯𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚬 𑚞𑚰𑚝𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
• க𑌃 புநர் (Tamil script)
• కః పునర్ (Telugu script)
• กะ ปุนรฺ (Thai script)
• ཀཿ་པུ་ན་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑓁 𑒣𑒳𑒢𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨹 𑨞𑨃𑨝𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐh pu.nɐɾ/, [kɐɸ pu.nɐɾ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐh ˈpu.n̪ɐɾ/, [kɐhɐ̆ ˈpu.n̪ɐɾ]

Adverb

कः पुनर् • (kaḥ punar)

1. (interrogative) who?

Descendants

Descendants

• Pali: ko pana
• Central:
  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
    • Old Awadhi: कवन (kavana)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Romani: kon, ko
    • Sauraseni Apabhramsa: कवण (kavaṇa)
      • Hindustani: kaun

        Hindi: कौन

        Urdu: کون (kon)

• Central:
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Assamese: কোন (kün)
    • Bengali: কোন (kōn)
    • Bihari:
      • Bhojpuri: कवन (kavan)
      • Maithili: कोन (kōn)
    • Odia: କଣ (kaṇa), କୁନ (kuna)
• Northern:
  • Khasa Prakrit:
    • Eastern Pahari:
      • Nepali: कुन (kuna)
    • Western Pahari:
      • Bilaspuri: कुण (kuṇ)
      • Dogri: कु'न (ku'na)
      • Kangri: कुण (kuṇ)
      • Kullu Pahari: कुण (kuṇ)
      • Mandeali: कुण (kuṇ)
• Northwestern:
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Takka Apabhramsa:
      • Lahnda: کوݨ (kōṇ)
      • Punjabi: kauṇ

        Gurmukhi script: ਕੌਣ

        Shahmukhi script: کَوݨ

• Southern:
  • Helu Prakrit:
    • Dhivehi: ކޮން (kon̊)
  • Maharastri Prakrit:
    • Konkani: koṇ, koṇu

      Devanagari script: कोण, कोणु

      Latin script: konn, konnu

      Kannada script: ಕೋಣ್, ಕೋಣು

    • Old Marathi: कवण (kavaṇa), कव्हण (kavhaṇa)
      • Marathi: कोण (koṇ)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Gujarati: कवण (kavaṇa), कूण (kūṇa)

    Old Marwari: कुण (kuṇ)

    • Gujaratic:
      • Gujarati: કોણ (koṇ)
    • Rajasthani:
      • Marwari: कुण (kuṇ)
      • Mewati: कोण (koṇ)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaḥ punar”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 127