چی
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Central Kurdish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- چ (çi)
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.
Pronoun[edit]
Northern Kurdish | çi |
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چی (çi)
Usage notes[edit]
- As a determiner, must be followed with a noun in the indefinite.
Derived terms[edit]
- بۆ چی (bo çî)
Persian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭤 (čē [ME], “what, which”).
Alternative forms[edit]
- چه (če) (formal literary standard)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰi]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | čī |
Dari reading? | čī |
Iranian reading? | či |
Tajik reading? | či |
Pronoun[edit]
Dari | چه,چی |
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Iranian Persian | چی, چه |
Tajik | чи |
چی • (či)
- (interrogative, colloquial, in formal prose dated or Dari) what?
- راجع به هر چی فکر کرده بودم، راجع به مردن فکر نکرده بودم.
- râje' be har či fekr karde budam, râje' be mordan fekr nakarde budam.
- Whatever I had thought about, I hadn't thought about dying.
Derived terms[edit]
- چی بودیم، چی شدیم (či budim, či šodim)
- هر چیز (“har čiz”)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Azerbaijani -çi or Ottoman Turkish ـجی (-ci), from Proto-Turkic *-či.
Suffix[edit]
ـچی • (-či)
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
- Central Kurdish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Central Kurdish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Central Kurdish lemmas
- Central Kurdish pronouns
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- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian lemmas
- Persian pronouns
- Persian colloquialisms
- Persian dated terms
- Dari
- Persian terms with usage examples
- Persian terms borrowed from Azerbaijani
- Persian terms derived from Azerbaijani
- Persian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Persian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Turkic
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