क्या کیا ♣ Eng. who, quote

क्या کیا ♣ Eng. who, quote

[kyā], interrog. pron. what?

[◀MIA: Pk. kiṁ, ki pronominal and interrogative particle; Pa. kiṁ ‘what?’ ◀OIA kím n.sg. ‘what? why?’, interrogative particle RV. <ká- <ka- ‘who? which? what?’ interrogative pronominal stem ◀PIE *kʷo-, kʷe-, fem. kʷā; kʷei- indefinite / interrogative pronominal base] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. who, what, why, how, when, where ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. quote, quantity, quality ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0887; (Turner, 1966) 3164, 2574, p.127; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 212, 173; (MW, 1899) 0282, 0240; (Pokorny, 1959) 0644; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.347, 1.284