किंचिद्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

কিংচিদ্ (Assamese script)
ᬓᬶᬂᬘᬶᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
কিংচিদ্ (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰰𑰽𑰓𑰰𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ကိံစိဒ် (Burmese script)
કિંચિદ્ (Gujarati script)
ਕਿਂਚਿਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑌿𑌂𑌚𑌿𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦶꦁꦕꦶꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂱𑂁𑂒𑂱𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಕಿಂಚಿದ್ (Kannada script)
កិំចិទ៑ (Khmer script)
ກິໍຈິທ຺ (Lao script)
കിംചിദ് (Malayalam script)
ᢀ᠋ᡬᡳᢜᡳᡩ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘱𑘽𑘓𑘱𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢀ᠋ᢉᠢᢋᠢᢑ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧒𑧞𑦳𑧒𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐶𑑄𑐔𑐶𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
କିଂଚିଦ୍ (Odia script)
ꢒꢶꢀꢗꢶꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆴𑆁𑆖𑆴𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖰𑖽𑖓𑖰𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
කිංචිද් (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩑𑪖𑩡𑩑𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚮𑚫𑚏𑚮𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
கிஂசித்³ (Tamil script)
కించిద్ (Telugu script)
กิํจิทฺ (Thai script)
ཀིཾ་ཙི་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒱𑓀𑒔𑒱𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨁𑨸𑨣𑨁𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

किम् (kim, “what”) +‎ चिद् (cid, “any”). By surface analysis, the neuter singular of कश्चिद् (kaścid).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kíɲ.t͡ɕid/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kiɲ.t͡ɕid̪/

Pronoun

किंचिद् • (kiṃcid)

anything (see किम् (kim) for more) (This entry is a descendant hub.)

Usage notes

This is an orthographic univerbation of the pronoun किम् (kim) and indeclinable particle चिद् (cid). Only the pronominal part declines (for example, with masculine singular कश्चिद् (kaścid) and masculine plural केचिद् (kecid)).

Descendants

Descendants show either partial collision with कोऽपि (koʼpi) (from किम् (kim) +‎ अपि (api)) or reanalysis by compounding the descendant forms of किम् (kim) with the descendant forms of चिद् (cid). For example, this is why the Pali masculine singular is koci (from ko +‎ ci) rather than *kacchi.

Pali: kiñci (n. sg.), kaci (lemma), koci (m. sg.), keci (m. pl.)
Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 (kiṃci, n. sg. nom.)
- Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 (kiṃci, n. sg. nom.) (see there for further descendants)
Dardic:
- Ushojo: کوئی (kōai)
Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀘𑀺 (koci), 𑀓𑁂𑀘𑀺 (keci) (attested at Shāhbāzgaṛhī, Girnār, Mānsehrā), with traces of the original -śc- in 𑀓𑁂𑀙 (keccha) (attested at Kālsī)
- Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀇 (koi, m. sg. nom.), 𑀓𑀸𑀇 (kāi, f. sg. nom.) (see there for further descendants)
- Prakrit: 𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇 (kassaï, m. sg. gen.) (see there for further descendants)