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Spoken Sanskrit

English

मम भ्राता जीवितसंशये वर्तते 	-	 mamabhrAtAjIvitasaMzayevartate 	-	 sent.
  	-	 Itisdoubtfulwhethermybrotherwillsurvive.
किस् 	-	  kis 	-	 ind.
  	-	 whether
कुविद् 	-	  kuvid 	-	 ind.
  	-	 whether
यद्वा ... यदि वा 	-	  yadvA ... yadi vA 	-	 conj. 	-	 whether ... or
किन्तराम् 	-	  kintarAm 	-	 ind.
  	-	 whether? whether of two?
किन्तमाम् 	-	  kintamAm 	-	 ind.
  	-	 whether? whether of many?
विद्या 	-	  vidyA 	-	 f.
  	-	  any knowledge whether true or false
सुखसुप्तिकाप्रश्न 	-	  sukhasuptikAprazna 	-	 m.
  	-	  question whether any one has slept well
सुखशयितप्रच्छक 	-	  sukhazayitapracchaka 	-	 adj.
  	-	  inquiring whether any one has slept well
सौखशायनिक 	-	  saukhazAyanika 	-	 adj.
  	-	  one who asks another whether he has slept well
सौखरात्रिक 	-	  saukharAtrika 	-	 adj.
  	-	  one who asks another whether he has had a good night
सौखशायिक 	-	  saukhazAyika 	-	 m.
  	-	  official who asks a prince whether he has slept well
चराचर 	-	  carAcara 	-	 n.
  	-	  aggregate of all created things whether animate or inanimate
सौस्नातिक 	-	  sausnAtika 	-	 adj.
  	-	  one who asks whether an ablution has been successful or auspicious
स्ववासिनी 	-	  svavAsinI 	-	 f.
  	-	  woman whether married or unmarried who continues to dwell after maturity in her father's house

 
   किस्  kis  ind.
   whether  
   किस्  kis  ind.
   particle of interrogation     
            

Monier Williams

English

 WHETHER,  adv.
  किं,  किंवा,  वा,  उत. The particle वा,  either
with or without किं,  usually expresses the sense of
‘whether, ’ as in the following examples
 ‘whether you
kill me or whether you release me, ’ मां मारयत वा मुञ्चत वा
‘do you know whether he is virtuous or not?’ वेत्सि किं
धार्म्मिको न वा
 ‘whether or not he does that, ’ तत् करोतु न
करोतु वा.
— (Whether of twain,  which of two) कतरः -रा -रत्.

Borooah

English

 WH ETH ER (pron. ): कतरः (रा,  त्): v.
  Which
(inter. ).

 WH ETH ER (conj.):
they w. tigers or lions:
ते
 व्याघ्रो वा सिंहो वा,  S.
  iii. 2. 9.
it is doubtful
w. the word
प्राण
here refers to only air,  or
soul,  or the supreme spirit:
तत्र संशयः किमिह
 प्राणशब्देन वायुमात्रममिधीयते,  उत जीवः,  अथवा परं
 ब्रह्मे ति,  S.
  28.
w. it is the supreme spirit or
something else:
तत् किं परं ब्रह्म स्यादाहोस्विदर्थान्तरम्, 
S.
  iii. 1.: v.
  Or.

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