यह क्या है?
yah kya hai?
In Hindi, "what is it?" is translated as यह क्या है? (yah kya hai?)
This phrase is used to ask for the identity or name of a specific object. If you wish to ask about a general concept or a broader definition rather than a specific object, you can use यह क्या होता है?
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of यह (this), क्या (what) and है (is).
Which one should you use?
Use यह क्या है? when the object is near the speaker, and use वह क्या है? when the object is far from the speaker.
How does it change in a sentence?
You can change the distance of the object by replacing यह (this) with वह (that), which turns the question into "What is that?"
How do you pronounce it?
yah kya hai?
Did you know?
- The word है ('is') likely evolved from the Sanskrit word आक्षेति ('ākṣeti'), which originally meant 'dwells'.
Examples in context
- यह क्या है?Yah kya hai?What is it?
- अरे, यह क्या है?Are, yah kya hai?Hey, what is it?
Example conversation
Amit and Anjali are looking at a strange object in the garden.
- अमित Amitअंजलि, यह क्या है?Anjali, yah kya hai?Anjali, what is it?
- अंजलि Anjaliमुझे नहीं पता, अमित।Mujhe nahi pata, Amit.I don't know, Amit.
- अमित Amitक्या यह कोई खिलौना है?Kya yah koi khilona hai?Is it a toy?
- अंजलि Anjaliशायद यह एक पत्थर है।Shayad yah ek patthar hai.Maybe it is a stone.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries क्या, यह, है, CC BY-SA 4.0.
