चि
Khaling edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
चि (ci)
Newar edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Newar 𑐔𑐷 (cī), perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsa (“salt”). Cognate to Thangmi छ्या, Chepang छेः.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- চি (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬶ (Balinese script)
- চি (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- စိ (Burmese script)
- ચિ (Gujarati script)
- ਚਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಿ (Kannada script)
- ចិ (Khmer script)
- ຈິ (Lao script)
- ചി (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଚି (Odia script)
- ꢗꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖰 (Siddham script)
- චි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚮 (Takri script)
- சி (Tamil script)
- చి (Telugu script)
- จิ (Thai script)
- ཙི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to collect, gather, pile, build”). Compare Proto-Slavic *činìti (“to instigate, do”), Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”).
Root edit
चि • (ci)
Derived terms edit
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
- चीयते (cīyáte, Passive)
- अचायि (ácāyi, Passive Aorist)
- चाययति (cāyáyati, Causative)
- चापयति (cāpáyati, Causative)
- चययति (cayáyati, Causative)
- चपयति (capáyati, Causative)
- अचीचपत् (ácīcapat, Causative Aorist)
- अचीचयत् (ácīcayat, Causative Aorist)
- चिकीषति (cikīṣati, Desiderative)
- चिचीषति (cicīṣati, Desiderative)
- चिचीषयति (cicīṣayati, Causative of Desiderative)
- चेचीयते (cecīyate, Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to observe, perceive”). Compare Ancient Greek τίω (tíō, “to pay honor, respects (to a person)”).
Alternative forms edit
- कि (ki)
Root edit
चि • (ci)
Derived terms edit
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms
Descendants edit
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “चि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0394.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “चि”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 046
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “चि”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “CI(1-3) - cíti-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 541
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “camríṣ- - CAY¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 531-533
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 220
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 378
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0637, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0637