کسی

Persian

Etymology

Derived from ‎ (kas, “person”) +‎ ‎ (-i, indefinitive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kaseː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /kaseː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /kæsiː/
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): /kesiː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /kase/

Pronoun

Iranian Persian	کسی
Dari	کسی
Tajik	касе (kase)

کَسی • (kasi)

someone, somebody
anyone, anybody
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 3184:
  ‏این کسی دیدست کز یک راویه / سرد گردد سوز چندان هاویه‎
  in kasi did[e]-ast k-az yek râviye / sard gardad suz-e čandân hâviye
  Has any one seen [such a wonder as] this, that the burning glow of so many Hells should be cooled by a single water-skin?

Urdu

Etymology

From کس‎ (kis) +‎ ہی‎ (hī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɪ.siː/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /kɪ.siː/

Adjective

کسی • (transliteration needed) (Hindi spelling किसी)

oblique of کوئی‎: some, a certain, a given

Pronoun

کسی • (kisī) (Hindi spelling किसी)

oblique of کوئی‎: anyone, someone

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