هیچ

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See also: هيچ and ہیچ

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Iranian Persian هیچ (hič), from Classical Persian هیچ (hēč).

Pronoun[edit]

هیچ (hiç)

  1. nothing
  2. any

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: hiç
  • Albanian: hiç
  • Armenian: հիչ (hičʿ)
  • Aromanian: ici, hici
  • Bulgarian: хич (hič)
  • Laz: ჰიჩი (hiçi)
  • Romanian: hici

References[edit]

Persian[edit]

Dari هیچ
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳеч

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾyc /⁠ēč⁠/, not any).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “The č is probably from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis, *kʷos (who, which, what). Is the hi a phonetic shift from Proto-Indo-European *ne (not)?”

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? hēč
Dari reading? hēč
Iranian reading? hič
Tajik reading? heč

Adjective[edit]

هیچ (hič)

  1. tiny, insignificant, inconsiderable
  2. no
    هیچ کس نمی‌دونست اون کجاست.
    Hič kas nemi-dunest un kojāst.
    No one knew where he was. (vernacular)

Adverb[edit]

هیچ (hič)

  1. never
  2. ever

Noun[edit]

هیچ (hič)

  1. nil, naught

Pronoun[edit]

هیچ (hič)

  1. nothing

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]