कश्चित्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- कश्चिद् (kaścid)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬓᬰ᭄ᬘᬶᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
- কশ্চিত্ (Assamese script)
- কশ্চিত্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰫𑰿𑰓𑰰𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀰𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌕𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
- કશ્ચિત્ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਸ਼ੑਚਿਤੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦏꦯ꧀ꦕꦶꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
- កឝ្ចិត៑ (Khmer script)
- ಕಶ್ಚಿತ್ (Kannada script)
- ກຨ຺ຈິຕ຺ (Lao script)
- കശ്ചിത് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘎𑘫𑘿𑘓𑘱𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᠱᢋᢈᢐ (Mongolian script)
- ᡬᠠᡧᢜᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
- ကၐ္စိတ် (Burmese script)
- 𑦮𑧋𑧠𑦳𑧒𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐱𑑂𑐔𑐶𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
- କଶ୍ଚିତ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢒꢯ꣄ꢗꢶꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆯𑇀𑆖𑆴𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖫𑖿𑖓𑖰𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
- කශ්චිත් (Sinhalese script)
- కశ్చిత్ (Telugu script)
- กศฺจิตฺ (Thai script)
- ཀ་ཤྩི་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒬𑓂𑒔𑒱𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos + *kʷíd. On the surface it is analysable as the masculine nominative of the interrogative pronoun base क (ka) + चिद् (cid), where the latter marks the pronoun as indefinite.
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 240/2.
- Monier Williams (1899), “चिद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 398/1.
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