चिद्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• चित् (cit) — sandhi variant

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চিদ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬶᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
• চিদ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰰𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀺𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• စိဒ် (Burmese script)
• ચિદ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਚਿਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌿𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦶꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂱𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಿದ್ (Kannada script)
• ចិទ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຈິທ຺ (Lao script)
• ചിദ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᡳᡩ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘱𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠢᢑ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧒𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐶𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଚିଦ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢶꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆴𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖰𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
• චිද් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩑𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚮𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
• சித்³ (Tamil script)
• చిద్ (Telugu script)
• จิทฺ (Thai script)
• ཙི་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒱𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨁𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid. Cognate with Latin quid (“why?”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕid/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕid̪/

Particle

चिद् • (cid)

1. (Vedic) at all; even; indeed; also (often merely laying stress on a preceding word)
2. (Classical Sanskrit) only used after interrogative pronouns and adverbs to render them indefinite, and after जातु (jātu)

   जातु (jātu, “at all”) + चिद् (cid) → जातुचिद् (jātucid, “perhaps”)

   चिद् (cid) + चिद् (cid) → चिच्चिद् (ciccid, “as well as”)

   ‎कः (kaḥ, “what”) + ‎चिद् (cid) → ‎कश्चिद् (kaścid, “anything”) → यः कश्चित् (yaḥ kaścit, “whatever”)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “चिद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 398, column 1.