কিছু

See also: কাছে

Assamese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit কিংচিদ্ (kiṃcid, “anything”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠇꠤꠍꠥ (kisú), ꠇꠤꠌ꠆ꠍꠥ (kiccú); Bengali কিছু (kichu); Hindustani کچھ / कुछ (kuch).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ki.su/

Adjective edit

কিছু • (kisu)

some, a little, a few
Synonym: (more common) অলপ (olop)

কিছু সময় ইয়াতে কটাই ল‌ওঁ।
kisu xomoy iate kotai lo‌ü̃.
I think I should spend some time here.
(literally, “I take spending some time here (empathic).”)

Derived terms edit

Bengali edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀓𑀺𑀙𑁆𑀢𑀼 (*kichtu), from earlier *𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺𑀢𑀼 (*kiṃcitu) with -ch- from -śc- in कश्चित् (kaścit) (whence also কেউ (keu)), from *𑀓𑀺𑀁‌𑀘𑀺 (*kiṃ‌ci) +‎ 𑀢𑀼 (tu), from Sanskrit किंचिद् (kiṃcid, “anything”) and तु (tu) respectively; the first element is from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kímćíd, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kímčíd, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷím-kʷíd, from *kʷím (“which, that”) +‎ *kʷíd (indefinite marker).

Pronunciation edit

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /kitʃʰu/, [ˈkitʃʰuˑ]
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(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kitɕʰu/, [ˈkitɕʰuˑ]
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Hyphenation: কি‧ছু

Pronoun edit

কিছু • (kichu)

anything, something
কিছু হলেই আমাকে জানাবি!
kichu holei amake janabi!
Let me know if anything happens!

Adjective edit

কিছু • (kichu) (comparative আরও কিছু, superlative সবচেয়ে কিছু)

some; a small number or amount
সেখানে কিছু ছোট দোকান আছে।
sekhane kichu chōṭo dōkan ache.
There's some small stores there.

Derived terms edit

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