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Kya

Kya is a term with several uses, most prominently as a word in Hindustani languages. In Hindi and Urdu, kya functions as the interrogative meaning "what" and is used to form questions. It is written as क्या in Devanagari (Hindi) and as کیا in Urdu script; transliterations commonly render it as kya or kyā. In everyday speech, it appears in phrases such as "Kya aap theek hain?" meaning "Are you alright?" and "Kya tum kar rahe ho?" meaning "What are you doing?" The word is widely used in both formal and informal contexts.

As a given name, Kya is used as a feminine given name in various cultures. A well-known

fictional
bearer
is
Kya
Clark,
the
protagonist
of
Delia
Owens's
novel
Where
the
Crawdads
Sing
(2018).
The
use
of
Kya
as
a
name
may
be
chosen
for
its
phonetic
appeal
and
is
not
necessarily
tied
to
the
Hindi/Urdu
word’s
meaning;
its
prevalence
varies
by
region
and
language.