कर्हि
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কৰ্হি (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬃᬳᬶ (Balinese script)
- কর্হি (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰨𑰿𑰮𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀭𑁆𑀳𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ကရ်္ဟိ (Burmese script)
- કર્હિ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਰ੍ਹਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌹𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦂꦲꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂩𑂹𑂯𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಕರ್ಹಿ (Kannada script)
- កហ៌ិ (Khmer script)
- ກຣ຺ຫິ (Lao script)
- കര്ഹി (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠᡵᡥᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘮𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᠷᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧈𑧠𑧎𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐭𑐶 (Newa script)
- କର୍ହି (Odia script)
- ꢒꢬ꣄ꢲꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆫𑇀𑆲𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖨𑖿𑖮𑖰 (Siddham script)
- කර්හි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩼 𑪙𑪂𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚤𑚶𑚩𑚮 (Takri script)
- கர்ஹி (Tamil script)
- కర్హి (Telugu script)
- กรฺหิ (Thai script)
- ཀ་རྷི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒩𑓂𑒯𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨫𑩇𑨱𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷór + *ǵʰí (whence हि (hí)). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where?”), Latin cūr (“why?”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kɐ́ɾ.ɦi/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kɐɾ.ɦi/
Adverb
कर्हि • (kárhi)
Coordinate terms
Descendants
- Kashmiri: कर (kar, “when?”)
See also
- Appendix:Sanskrit correlatives
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “कर्हि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 260, column 1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 320
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kárhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 148