kabhī adv 1. ever; क्या तुमने ~ भेड़िया देखा है did you -- see a wolf ? मुझसे ~ किसी ने नहीं पूछा no one -- asked me; ~ नहीं never; मैं कभी नहीं मानता I never agree. 2. at one time, once; वह ~ धनी अवश्य रहा होगा he must have been rich --; कभी...कभी at one time... at another time, now... now: वह ~ हँसता है ~ रोता है now he laughs, now he weeps; वह ~ कुछ कहता है ~ कुछ at one time he says one thing and at another time something different. 3. sometime; वह ~ मेरे पास आएगा he will come to me --; ~ कभी sometimes, now and then, occasionally: मैं वहाँ ~ ~ जाता हूँ I go there sometimes/occasionally, I sometimes go there; वह ~ ~ अनुपस्थित रहता है at times he remains absent; ~ न ~ sometime or other, sooner or later: ~ न ~ वह घर लौट आएगा he will return home sometime or other (sooner or later); △ ~ का since long; यह चीज़ ~ की पड़ी हुई है this thing has been lying here since long.
