কেয়া

Bengali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kea/

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑁂𑀅𑀬 (keaya), from Sanskrit কেতক (ketaka).[1] Doublet of কেওড়া (keōṛa) and কেতকী (ketoki), a tatsama.

    Alternative forms

    • কেআ (kea)[2]

    Noun

    কেয়া • (keẏa)

    1. screw pine (Pandanus odorifer, syn. P. odoratissimus[1])
      Synonyms: কেতকী (ketôkī), কেতক (ketok), কেওড়া (keōṛa)
      Meronyms: (leaf) কেয়াপাতা (keẏapata), (flower) কেউ (keu), (flower) কেয়াফুল (keẏaphul), (cluster of flowers) কেয়াকাঁদি (keẏakãdi)

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Hindustani کیا (kyā) / क्या (kyā).

      Alternative forms

      Adverb

      কেয়া • (keẏa)

      1. (rhetorical) such, what, how
        Synonym: কি (ki)
        কেয়া মজা! ― keẏa moja! ― Such fun!
      Derived terms
      • কেয়া বাত (keẏa bat)

      Etymology 3

        From Sanskrit किम् (kim, “what”). Cognate with Assamese কিয় (kio) and কিয়া (kia). Compare Hindustani کیوں (kyõ) / क्यों (kyõ).

        Alternative forms

        Adverb

        কেয়া • (keẏa) (Vanga, Varendra)

        1. why
          Synonym: কেন (keno)

        References

        1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937), “কেয়া”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস, pages 566, 570
        2. ^ Graves Haughton (1833), “কেআ”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language‎[1], London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 787
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