কিছু

See also: কাছে

Assamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.su/

Adjective

কিছু • (kisu)

1. 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

• কিছু কিছু (kisu kisu)
• কিছুদিন (kisudin)
• কিছুমান (kisuman)

 

Bengali

Etymology

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

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kitʃʰu/, [ˈkitʃʰuˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kitɕʰu/, [ˈkitɕʰuˑ]

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• Hyphenation: কি‧ছু

Pronoun

কিছু • (kichu)

1. anything, something

   কিছু হলেই আমাকে জানাবি!

   kichu holei amake janabi!

   Let me know if anything happens!

Adjective

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

1. some; a small number or amount

   সেখানে কিছু ছোট দোকান আছে।

   sekhane kichu chōṭo dōkan ache.

   There's some small stores there.

Derived terms

• একটা কিছু (ekṭa kichu)
• কিছু একটা (kichu ekṭa)
• কিছু কিছু (kichu kichu)
• কিছু না (kichu na)
• কিছু না কিছু (kichu na kichu)
• কিছুক্ষণ (kichukkhon)
• কিছুতে (kichute)
• কিছুতেই না (kichutei na)