किस्
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Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- কিস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬶᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- কিস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰰𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀺𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ကိသ် (Burmese script)
- કિસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਿਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌿𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦶꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂱𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಿಸ್ (Kannada script)
- កិស៑ (Khmer script)
- ກິສ຺ (Lao script)
- കിസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘱𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠢᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧒𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐶𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- କିସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢶꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆴𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖰𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- කිස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩑𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚮𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- கிஸ் (Tamil script)
- కిస్ (Telugu script)
- กิสฺ (Thai script)
- ཀི་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒱𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨁𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kís ~ čís, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬨 (cim), 𐬐𐬆𐬨 (kəm).[1] According to Mayrhofer, किस् (kis) is either an archaism or a Prakritism.
Pronunciation[edit]
Particle[edit]
- (interrogative) whether
Pronoun[edit]
किस् • (kís)
- nominative singular of *kí, who
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “kí-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 347
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “किस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 284.
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- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
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- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit particles
- Sanskrit pronouns