কে
ke/ke/
The Bengali word for 'who' is কে (ke).
কে is an interrogative pronoun.
Meaning: who? (interrogative pronoun) (pron)
How do you pronounce it?
The word is pronounced as /ke/. The romanization is ke.
Did you know?
- In colloquial speech, কে can be stretched or emphasized to imply a sense of disbelief or suspicion, similar to saying 'Who, on earth?' in English.
- While কে is the standard form for 'who', you can make it much more specific by adding the suffix -টা to create কেটা in many local dialects.
- The word কে is a linguistic relative of the Sanskrit word কঃ, which is the root for most 'k-group' interrogatives in Indo-Aryan languages.
Examples in context
- কে এখন খেতে চায়?Who wants to eat now?This sentence is useful for asking who wants to eat now.Tatoeba #5267183 by mahir256, translation #3821888 by CK
- কে জিততে না চায়?Who doesn't want to win?This sentence is useful for asking who does not want to win.Tatoeba #5267205 by mahir256, translation #4889773 by CK
- তুমি জানো আমি কে।You know who I am.This sentence is useful for stating who you are.Tatoeba #11999730 by robingaspi, translation #1828618 by Amastan
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Example conversation
Ananya and Sourav are at home when they hear a knock.
- অনন্যা Ananyaদরজায় কে?dorjay ke?Who is at the door?
- সৌরভ Souravআমি জানি না।ami jani na.I don't know.
- অনন্যা Ananyaদেখো তো কে এসেছে।dekho to ke esheche.See who has come.
- সৌরভ Souravআমি গিয়ে দেখছি।ami giye dekhchi.I'll go and see.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “who” translations and entries কে, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries কে, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
