What does it mean word for word?
The word ঠিক literally means 'correct', 'right' or 'okay'.
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
The default form আপনি কি ঠিক আছেন? is appropriate when speaking to strangers, elders or in professional settings to show respect. For friends, family or people younger than you, you can use the informal version তুমি কি ঠিক আছো? For very close friends or children, the very informal version তুই কি ঠিক আছিস? is used. Other variations include the polite আপনি ঠিক আছেন কি? or the formal আপনি ভাল আছেন? which means "Are you well?" Informally, you might use তুমি ভাল আছো? to ask if someone is okay or কেমন আছো? which means "How are you?" and can serve as a way to check if someone is okay.
How does it change in a sentence?
The particle কি (ki) acts as a question particle that turns a statement into a yes/no question. The verb আছেন (achhen) is the polite/formal form of 'to be' used with the pronoun 'apni'.
How do you pronounce it?
apni ki thik achhen?
Did you know?
- Because ঠিক is a cognate with the Sanskrit word for 'situated', it shares a distant linguistic ancestor with the English word 'station'.
- While ঠিক is used to ask if someone is 'okay', it is also used in many Indo-Aryan languages like Hindi and Gujarati to mean 'exactly' or 'precisely'.
Examples in context
- শুনে খুব খারাপ লাগল, আপনি কি ঠিক আছেন?Shune khub kharap laglo, apni ki thik achen?I felt very bad hearing that, are you ok?
Example conversation
Akash notices Ishani looking pale at the office.
- আকাশ Akashইশানি, আপনি কি ঠিক আছেন?Ishani, apni ki thik achen?Ishani, are you ok?
- ইশানি Ishaniহ্যাঁ, আমি একটু মাথা ধরেছি।He, ami ektu matha dhorechi.Yes, I just have a slight headache.
- আকাশ Akashআপনি কি একটু পানি খাবেন?Apni ki ektu pani khaben?Would you like some water?
- ইশানি Ishaniহ্যাঁ, দয়া করে এক গ্লাস দিন।He, doya kore ek glass din.Yes, please give me a glass.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries আপনি, কি, ঠিক, CC BY-SA 4.0.
