هیچ

See also: هيچ and ہیچ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian Persian هیچ (hič), from Classical Persian هیچ (hēč).

Pronoun

هیچ • (hiç)

1. nothing
2. any

Derived terms

• هیچ بر (hiç bir)

Descendants

• Turkish: hiç
• → Albanian: hiç
• → Armenian: հիչ (hičʻ)
• → Aromanian: ici, hici
• → Bulgarian: хич (hič)
• → Laz: ჰიჩი (hiçi)
• → Romanian: hici

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “هیچ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran

Persian

Dari	هیچ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳеч

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾyc /⁠ēč⁠/, “not any”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [heːt͡ʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [heːt͡ʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [heːt͡ʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔeːt͡ʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔeːt͡ʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hiːt͡ʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [het͡ʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	hēč
Dari reading?	hēč
Iranian reading?	hič
Tajik reading?	heč

Adjective

هیچ • (hič)

1. tiny, insignificant, inconsiderable
2. no

   هیچ کس نمی‌دونست اون کجاست.

   Hič kas nemi-dunest un kojāst.

   No one knew where he was. (vernacular)

Adverb

هیچ • (hič)

1. never
2. ever

Noun

هیچ • (hič)

1. nil, naught

Pronoun

هیچ • (hič)

1. nothing

Derived terms

• هیچ‌جا (hič-jâ)
• هیچ‌وقت (hič-vaqt)
• هیچ‌چیز (hič-čiz)
• هیچ‌کدام (hič-kodâm)
• هیچ‌کس (hič-kas)
• هیچ‌گاه (hič-gâh)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: heç
• → Chagatai: هیچ
  • Uyghur: ھېچ (hëch)
  • Uzbek: hech
• → Crimean Tatar: iç
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: हेच (hec)
  • Urdu: ہیچ (hec)
• → Iraqi Arabic: هيچ
• → Kazakh: еш (eş)
• → Middle Armenian: հէչ (hēčʻ)
  • Armenian: հեչ (hečʻ)
• → Ottoman Turkish: هیچ (hiç)
  • Turkish: hiç
  • → Albanian: hiç
  • → Armenian: հիչ (hičʻ)
  • → Aromanian: ici, hici
  • → Bulgarian: хич (hič)
  • → Laz: ჰიჩი (hiçi)
  • → Romanian: hici
• → Turkmen: hiç