कोई

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कोई

/koː.iː/ Hindi, Standard

Where it comes from

Inherited from Prakrit कोइ m (koi), काइ f (kāi), किंचि n (kiṃci). See there for more. Related to कुछ (kuch) and किन्हीं (kinhī̃). Cognate to Awadhi कोई (koī), Braj कोऊ (koū), Punjabi ਕੋਈ (koī), Gujarati કોઈ (koī), Marathi कुणी (kuṇī), Bengali কেউ (keu), Bhojpuri केऊ (kēū), Assamese কেও (keü), Sinhalese කොයි (koyi).

See किसी (kisī) and किन्हीं (kinhī̃) for their etymologies.

determiner koī · کوئی

some, certain, any (particularized) क्या कोई समस्या है?
in the negative no, not any इसमें कोई गलती नहीं है।
with numerals around
Similar: लगभग

pronoun koī · کوئی · कोई · किसी · किसी ने · किसी का

feminine, masculine anybody, somebody क्या यहाँ कोई है?
feminine, masculine such, what लड़की, कोई तेरी अक़्ल मारी गई?
Similar: क्या

In English

some indefinite quantity or number
any at least one (kind)
someone some person
somebody some unspecified person

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {कोई},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%88},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}