कश्चित्

Sanskrit edit

Alternative forms edit

कश्चिद् (kaścid)

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative scripts

কশ্চিত্ (Assamese script)
ᬓᬰ᭄ᬘᬶᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
কশ্চিত্ (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰫𑰿𑰓𑰰𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀰𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ကၐ္စိတ် (Burmese script)
કશ્ચિત્ (Gujarati script)
ਕਸ਼ੑਚਿਤੑ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦯ꧀ꦕꦶꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂬𑂹𑂒𑂱𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಕಶ್ಚಿತ್ (Kannada script)
កឝ្ចិត៑ (Khmer script)
ກຨ຺ຈິຕ຺ (Lao script)
കശ്ചിത് (Malayalam script)
ᡬᠠᡧᢜᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘫𑘿𑘓𑘱𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢉᠠᠱᢋᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧋𑧠𑦳𑧒𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐱𑑂𑐔𑐶𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
କଶ୍ଚିତ୍ (Odia script)
ꢒꢯ꣄ꢗꢶꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆯𑇀𑆖𑆴𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖫𑖿𑖓𑖰𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
කශ‍්චිත් (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩿 𑪙𑩡𑩑𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚧𑚶𑚏𑚮𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
கஶ்சித் (Tamil script)
కశ్చిత్ (Telugu script)
กศฺจิตฺ (Thai script)
ཀ་ཤྩི་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒬𑓂𑒔𑒱𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨮𑩇𑨣𑨁𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology edit

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.

Pronunciation edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐɕ.t͡ɕit/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐɕ.t͡ɕit̪/

Pronoun edit

कश्चित् • (kaścit) (indeclinable)

anyone

References edit

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.