कियत्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• कियद् (kiyad) — sandhi variant

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কিয়ত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬶᬬᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• কিয়ত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰰𑰧𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀺𑀬𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ကိယတ် (Burmese script)
• કિયત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਿਯਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌿𑌯𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦶꦪꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂱𑂨𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಿಯತ್ (Kannada script)
• កិយត៑ (Khmer script)
• ກິຍຕ຺ (Lao script)
• കിയത് (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡳᠶᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘱𑘧𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠢᠶ᠋ᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧒𑧇𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐶𑐫𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• କିଯତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢶꢫꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆴𑆪𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖰𑖧𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• කියත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩑𑩻𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚮𑚣𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• கியத் (Tamil script)
• కియత్ (Telugu script)
• กิยตฺ (Thai script)
• ཀི་ཡ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒱𑒨𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨁𑨪𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kíHant, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂-onts, from *kʷíh₂, neuter of *kʷís. Cognate with Ashkun ćīt, Waigali kiti, Avestan 𐬗𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (cuuaṇt), Latin quantum.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ki.jɐt/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈki.jɐt̪/

Adverb

कियत् • (kiyat)

1. (interrogative) how much

   कियद् अस्ति तत्? ― kiyad asti tat? ― Oh! This is not much. (Literally: How much is this?)

2. a little

Determiner

कियत् • (kiyat)

1. (interrogative) how much

Descendants

See also descendants of *कियत्त (kiyatta).

• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀅𑀁𑀢 (kiaṃta, “how many?”)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kiyat”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 161
• Monier Williams (1899) “कियत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 283.