کی
Chagatai
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]کی • (gäy) (plural کیلار (gäylär))
- a sort of hunt bird
Further reading
[edit]- Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870), “کی”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary][1] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 482
- el-Buhari, Süleyman Özbeki (1881), “کی”, in لغت چغتای و ترکی عثمانی [Ottoman Turkish-Chagatai Dictionary][2] (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 1, page 263
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *ked, from Sogdian 𐼸𐼰𐼹𐼷 (kʾδy).
Adverb
[edit]کی • (käy)
Etymology 3
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian کَیْ (kay).
Noun
[edit]کی • (käy) (plural کیان (käyān))
- a big ruler
Further reading
[edit]- Bahawudun, Muhemmettursun; Gheyurani, Ghenizat; Qadir, Isma'il; Ehet, Ablimit (2002), “كەي”, in چاغاتاي تىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Chagatai Language][3] (in Uyghur), Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN, page 527
Etymology 4
[edit]Contraction
[edit]کی • (käy)
Further reading
[edit]- Bahawudun, Muhemmettursun; Gheyurani, Ghenizat; Qadir, Isma'il; Ehet, Ablimit (2002), “كەي”, in چاغاتاي تىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Chagatai Language][4] (in Uyghur), Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN, page 527
Pahari-Potwari
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Postposition
[edit]کی (kī)
- marks the dative case
Persian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (AYMT /kay/) 𐫐𐫏𐫏 (kyy /kay/), 𐫐𐫏 (ky /kay/).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈkaj/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲej]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰäj]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kay |
| Dari reading? | kay |
| Iranian reading? | key |
| Tajik reading? | kay |
Adverb
[edit]| Dari | کی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | кай |
کی • (key)
- (interrogative) when?
- کَی خَو میرِی؟ ― kay xaw mē-rī? ― when are you going to sleep?
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle Persian 𐫐𐫏 (ky /kē/).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈkiː/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kī |
| Dari reading? | kī |
| Iranian reading? | ki |
| Tajik reading? | ki |
Pronoun
[edit]| Dari | کی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | кӣ |
کی • (ki)
- (interrogative) who?
- شما کی هستین؟ ― šomâ ki hastin? ― Who are you?
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kad /kay/, “legendary ancient king of Iran”), borrowed from Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌 (kauui, “poet, bard; vision-poet, Mazdean sacrificer”), from Proto-Iranian *káwHiš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káwHiš, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-. The visionary poets of the Avesta were mistakenly interpreted as ancient kings by the Sasanian Zoroastrian priests.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈkaj/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲej]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰäj]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kay |
| Dari reading? | kay |
| Iranian reading? | key |
| Tajik reading? | kay |
Noun
[edit]کی • (key) (plural کیان (kayân))
- (Iranian mythology) Key, Kay: the title of a number of legendary kings of Iran, belonging to the mythical Kayanian dynasty.
Derived terms
[edit]- کیقباد (key-qobâd)
- کیکاووس (key-kâvus)
- کیخسرو (key-xosrow)
- کیلهراسپ (key-lohrâsp)
- کیگشتاسپ (key-goštâsp)
- کیبهمن (key-bahman)
- کیداراب (key-dârâb)
- کیآرش (key-âraš)
- کیپشین (key-pašin)
- کیاپیوه (key-apive)
- کیاردشیر (key-ardešir)
- کیمنش (key-maneš)
- کیارمین (key-armin)
Descendants
[edit]- → Chagatai: کی (käy)
Urdu
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kiː/
Particle
[edit]References
[edit]- Chagatai lemmas
- Chagatai nouns
- Chagatai terms inherited from Proto-Common Turkic
- Chagatai terms derived from Proto-Common Turkic
- Chagatai terms derived from Sogdian
- Chagatai adverbs
- Chagatai terms with rare senses
- Chagatai terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Chagatai terms derived from Classical Persian
- Chagatai non-lemma forms
- Chagatai contractions
- Chagatai poetic terms
- Pahari-Potwari terms with IPA pronunciation
- Pahari-Potwari lemmas
- Pahari-Potwari postpositions
- Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian
- Persian terms derived from Middle Persian
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian lemmas
- Persian adverbs
- Persian terms with usage examples
- Persian pronouns
- Persian terms derived from Avestan
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Persian nouns
- fa:Iranian mythology
- Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Urdu lemmas
- Urdu particles