কেন
Bengali
Alternative forms
- কেনে (kene)
- ক্যান (kên) — pronunciation spelling
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Bengali কেহেন, কেহ্ন (keheno, kehno). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- (Rarh) IPA(key): /kæno/, [ˈkænoˑ], /kæn/, [ˈkæːn], [ˈkæn]
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- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kæno/, [ˈkænoˑ], /kæn/, [ˈkæːn], [ˈkæn]
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- (Vanga) IPA(key): /kɛnɔ/, [ˈkɛnɔˑ], [xɛnɔˑ], /kɛn/, [ˈkɛn], [xɛn]
Pronoun
কেন • (keno)
- why
- কেন যাব ― keno jab ― Why shall I go
Derived terms
- কেননা (kenona)
See also
- হেন (heno)
- যেন (jeno)
- তেন (teno)
References
- Accessible Dictionary, “কেন” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
- Accessible Dictionary, “কেন, কেনে, কেনি (মধ্যযুগীয় বাংলা)” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- kena (Latin script)
- 𑀓𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- केन (Devanagari script)
- කෙන (Sinhalese script)
- ကေန or ၵေၼ (Burmese script)
- เกน or เกนะ (Thai script)
- ᨠᩮᨶ (Tai Tham script)
- ເກນ or ເກນະ (Lao script)
- កេន (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)
Pronoun
কেন