What in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
📖 Meaning of “what”
The meaning of “what” in Hindi is क्या, pronounced kya — it is a conjunction. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
📘 Definition of what
Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
✍️ What in a sentence
What colour are you going to use?
वाह! क्या शानदार बंगला ठुकवा लिया आपने तो।
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀺𑀁 (kiṃ), 𑀓𑀺 (ki), from Sanskrit किम् (kim, “what, which”). Compare Punjabi ਕੀ (kī), Gujarati કિયું (kiyũ), Marathi की (kī), Bengali কী (ki), Assamese কি (ki) or Kashmiri کیاہ.
Quick facts about “what”
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Word (English)
What
Meaning in Hindi
क्या
Pronunciation
kya
Part of speech
Conjunction
Category
Word Origin (Etymology)
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀺𑀁 (kiṃ), 𑀓𑀺 (ki), from Sanskrit किम् (kim, “what, which”). Compare Punjabi ਕੀ (kī), Gujarati કિયું (kiyũ), Marathi की (kī), Bengali কী (ki), Assamese কি (ki) or Kashmiri کیاہ.
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The Hindi meaning of "what" is क्या (kya).
In Devanagari script it is written as क्या.
It is pronounced "kya". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.