क्या kyā

H کيا क्या kyā [for kiʼā = kihā = Ap. Prk. केहो = Prk. केद्दहो = S.कीट्टशः], interrog. pron. (obl. kāhe), What? how? why? (The form is the same in both numbers, e.g. kyā hai, 'What is it?'; — kyā haiṅ, 'what are they?'; kyā is often the sign of interrogation at the beginning of a sentence, like the Persian āyā and the Latin an or num, and is, like them, untranslated when in such a position); — conj. Whether, or; — intj. What! how!: — kyā aććhā, How fine! well done! bravo! &c. (see kyā-ḵẖūb): kyā bāt hai, It is a matter of no significance or importance; — it goes without saying, what need to mention it, not a doubt of it; — well done! bravo!: — kyā jāne, or kyā jāniye, What does one know? who knows? perhaps: — kyā ćīz hai, or kyā ḵẖāk hai, What great thing is it? it's a mere nothing, or a mere trifle: — kyā ḵẖūb, How excellent! how fine! bravo! well done! what a joke! what next!: — kyā g̠am hai, or kyā muẓāyaqa, What matter! never mind! there is no harm: — kyārī, Eh, woman!: — kyā kućh, What all? what not? something extraordinary: — kyā kahe to, For example, thus: — kyā — ki? utrum — an? is this the case or that? (e.g. kyā īśvar patthar hai ki ātmā, 'is God a stone or (is He not rather) a spirit?): — kyā — kyā, Whether — or: — kyā-kyā, What things? what things severally or respectively; what not; all sorts of: — kyā gul phūlī, What a strange thing has come to light!: — kyā majāl, kyā maqdūr, kyā imkān, kyā tāb, or kyā iḵẖtiyār hai, What power has he? what can he do, or what dare he do? he dare not: — kyā muṅh hai, What face has he? with what face?: — kyā nām, What name? what do you call it?: — kyā huʼā, What has happened? what is the matter?; — what has become of it?: — kyā-hī, How very! (e.g. kyā-hī ḵẖūb, 'how very fine!'); how very beautifully! (e.g. kyā-hī barse thī nūr-kī jhaṛī): — kyā hai, What is it? what is the matter? what do you say?