कितना
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit *कियत्त (kiyatta), variant of Sanskrit कियत् (kíyat), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kíHant, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂-onts, from *kʷíh₂, neuter of *kʷís. Cognate with Ashkun ćīt, Waigali kiti, Avestan 𐬗𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (cuuaṇt), Latin quantum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]कितना • (kitnā) (Urdu spelling کِتْنا) (interrogative)
- how much
- (in the plural) how many
- तुम्हारे पास कितनी गाड़ियाँ हैं?
- tumhāre pās kitnī gāṛiyā̃ ha͠i?
- How many cars do you have?
- (interjection, exclamative) such, how
- वह कितना अच्छा बेटा है!
- vah kitnā acchā beṭā hai!
- He is such a wonderful son!
Declension
[edit]Declension of कितना (ā-stem)
Coordinate terms
[edit]type | interrogative | relative | proximal demonstrative | distal demonstrative | indefinite | ||
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basic | non-emphatic | कौन (kaun, “who?”), क्या (kyā, “what?”) |
जो (jo) | यह (yah) | वह (vah) | कुछ (kuch), कोई (koī), कुछ-न-कुछ (kuch-na-kuch), कोई-न-कोई (koī-na-koī) | |
emphatic | - | जो भी (jo bhī) | यही (yahī) | वही (vahī) | कोई भी (koī bhī), कुछ भी (kuch bhī) | ||
time | non-emphatic | कब (kab) | जब (jab) | अब (ab) | तब (tab) | कभी (kabhī) | |
emphatic | - | जभी (jabhī) | अभी (abhī) | तभी (tabhī) | कभी भी (kabhī bhī) | ||
place | non-emphatic | कहाँ (kahā̃) | जहाँ (jahā̃) | यहाँ (yahā̃) | वहाँ (vahā̃) | कहीं (kahī̃, “somewhere”) | |
emphatic | - | जहीं (jahī̃) | यहीं (yahī̃) | वहीं (vahī̃) | कहीं भी (kahī̃ bhī, “anywhere”) | ||
quantity | कितना (kitnā) | जितना (jitnā) | इतना (itnā) | उतना (utnā) | - | ||
direction | किधर (kidhar) | जिधर (jidhar) | इधर (idhar) | उधर (udhar) | - | ||
quality | कैसा (kaisā) | जैसा (jaisā) | ऐसा (aisā) | वैसा (vaisā), तैसा m (taisā) | कोई सा (koī sā) | ||
manner | कैसे (kaise) | जैसे (jaise) | ऐसे (aise), | वैसे (vaise), तैसे (taise) | - | ||
reason/manner | क्यों (kyõ) | ज्यों (jyõ) | क्योंकि (kyõki), यों (yõ) | त्यों (tyõ) |
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- Hindi terms inherited from Sanskrit
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- Hindi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Hindi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Hindi lemmas
- Hindi determiners
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