किंचिद्

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kiɲ.t͡ɕid/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkiɲ.t͡ɕid̪/

Pronoun

किंचिद् • (kiṃcid)

1. anything (see किम् (kim) for more)

Declension

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Equivalent to the declension of किम् (kim) + the indeclinable particle चिद् (cid). In particular, note the masculine singular कश्चिद् (kaścid), masculine plural केचिद् (kecid).

Descendants

Descendants show either partial collision with कोऽपि (koʼpi) (from किम् (kim) +‎ अपि (api)) or reanalysis by compounding the descendant forms of किम् (kim) with the descendant forms of चिद् (cid). For example, this is why the Pali masculine singular is koci (from ko +‎ ci) rather than *kacchi.

Ashokan Prakrit does attest -(c)ch- (< Sanskrit -śc-) in one form, but this doesn't appear in the Dramatic Prakrits. Yet, New Indo-Aryan has many forms appearing to have derived from Prakrit words with -(c)ch- (particularly in place of attested -ṃc-), implying that such forms continued to be spoken.

Descendants

• Pali: kiñci (n. sg.), kaci (lemma), koci (m. sg.), keci (m. pl.)
• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 (kiṃci, n. sg. nom.)
  • Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 (kiṃci, n. sg. nom.)
    • Northeastern:
      • Sindhi: ڪس (kis)
      • Lahnda: [script needed] (kijh), [script needed] (kujh)
      • Punjabi: ਕੁੱਝ / کجھ (kujjha)
    • Eastern:
      • Assamese: কিছু (kisu)
      • Bengali: কিছু (kichu)
      • Maithili: किछु (kichʉ)
    • Central:
      • Old Hindi: कछू (kachū)
        • Hindi: कुछ (kuch)
        • Urdu: کچھ (kuch)
• Dardic:
  • Ushojo: کوئی (kōai)
• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀘𑀺 (koci), 𑀓𑁂𑀘𑀺 (keci) (attested at Shāhbāzgaṛhī, Girnār, Mānsehrā), with traces of the original -śc- in 𑀓𑁂𑀙 (keccha) (attested at Kālsī)
  • Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀇 (koi, m. sg. nom.), 𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇 (kassaï, m. sg. gen.), 𑀓𑀸𑀇 (kāi, f. sg. nom.)
    • Northeastern:
      • Lahnda: [script needed] m (kōī), [script needed] f (kāī)
      • Punjabi: ਕੋਈ / کوئی (ko'ī)
      • Sindhi: ڪس (kisi)
    • Northern:
      • Nepali: कोही (kohī), कसै (kasai, gen.)
    • Eastern:
      • Bengali: কেউ (keu), কেই (kei), কেও (keō)
      • Assamese: কেও (keü)
      • Odia: କେଇ (kei)
      • Awadhi: कोइ (koi), केउ (keu)
    • Central:
      • Old Hindi: कोई (koī)
        • Hindi: कोई (koī)
        • Urdu: کوئی (koī)
        • Braj: कोऊ (koū)
      • Old Gujarati: कांई (kāṃī) (probably by analogy from Prakrit 𑀓𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀘𑀺 (kāṇici, n. pl. nom.))
      • Gujarati: કોઈ (koī)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kiṃcid”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press