Alternative scriptsEdit
Alternative scripts
- ᬓᬶᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
- কিম্ (Assamese script)
- কিম্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰰𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀺𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌕𑌿𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
- કિમ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਿਮੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦏꦶꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
- កិម៑ (Khmer script)
- ಕಿಮ್ (Kannada script)
- ກິມ຺ (Lao script)
- കിമ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘎𑘱𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢉᢈᠮ (Mongolian script)
- ᡬᡳᠮ (Manchu script)
- ကိမ် (Burmese script)
- 𑦮𑧒𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐶𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
- କିମ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢒꢶꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆴𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖰𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
- කිම් (Sinhalese script)
- కిమ్ (Telugu script)
- กิมฺ (Thai script)
- ཀི་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒱𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kím ~ čím, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷím. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬨 (cim), 𐬐𐬆𐬨 (kəm).[1] According to Mayrhofer, किम् (kim) is either an archaism or a Prakritism.
PronunciationEdit
किम् • (kím)[2]
- what
त्वम् किम् वदसि?- tvam kim vadasi?
- What are you saying?
- how, why
- किम् इति? ― kim iti? ― Why?
- question marker: whether ..., do ...
- किम् एषश्चषको बृहत्? ― kim eṣaścaṣako bṛhat? ― Is this cup big?
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “kí-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 347
- ^ Monier Williams (1899), “किम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 282.