Pāli Dictionary

ki

Part of speech

pronoun

Synonyms

katama

general

  • interrogative pronoun base (alternative base of ‘ka’); who?; what?; which?

  • MN 7

    kiṃ sundarikā karissati, kiṃ payāgo kiṃ bāhukā nadī, veriṃ katakibbisaṃ naraṃ, na hi naṃ sodhaye pāpakamminaṃ.

  • Snp 4.16

    ky'āssa byappathayo assu, ky'āss'assu idha gocarā, kāni sīlabbatān'āssu, pahit'attassa bhikkhuno.

  • (as indeclinable) particle of comparison; like; as; similar to

kī1

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Kī; name of the reigning king at the time of Kassapa Buddha

  • DN 14

    tena kho pana, bhikkhave, samayena kiṃ kī rājā ahosi.

kī2

approximate

Part of speech

verb

Root

kī5buy

general

  • to buy; to purchase; to traffic

approximate

kī5buy

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