Hindi

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Etymology

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Inflection of होना, inherited from Old Hindi होना (honā), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑁄𑀤𑀺 (bhodi), from Sanskrit भवति (bhávati, “to happen, to become”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáwHati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwHeti (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”).

Verb

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होए (hoe) (Urdu spelling ہوے)

  1. Might or may be
    वह आज आया होए
    Vah āj āya hoe.
    He might come today.
    मेरा भाई खाना खाया होए, या वह नहीं होए
    Merā bhāi khānā khāyā hoe, yā vah nāhin hoe.
    My brother may eat the food, or he may not.

Usage notes

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Used as the future subjunctive participle and inflection