কখন

Bengali

Alternative forms

• কঅন (kon), কন (kon), কহন (kohon) — Vanga

Etymology

A compound of ক (ko, “what, which”, from Sanskrit क (ka)) + খন (khon, “time”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kɔkʰɔn/, [ˈkɔkʰɔn]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kɔkʰɔn/, [ˈkɔkʰɔn]

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• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /kɔkʰɔn/, [ˈkɔkʰɔn], [xɔxɔn], /kɔxɔn/, [ˈkɔxɔn], [xɔxɔn]

Pronoun

কখন • (kokhon)

1. when, what time

   কখন আমি যাব? ― kokhon ami jab? ― when shall I go?

Usage notes

কখন (kokhon) means when, but in the time frame of what time. It is not synonymous with কবে (kobe), which also means when, but with the time frame of what day.

Derived terms

• কখনও (kokhonō)

Related terms

• এখন (ekhon)
• যখন (jokhon)
• তখন (tokhon)