𑀓𑀺𑀁

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit किम् (kim).

Pronoun

𑀓𑀺𑀁 (kiṃ) (Devanagari किं, Kannada ಕಿಂ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. who?, what?

Determiner

𑀓𑀺𑀁 (kiṃ) (Devanagari किं, Kannada ಕಿಂ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. which?

Declension

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• Masculine nominative singular: 𑀓𑁄 (ko)
• Masculine nominative plural: 𑀓𑁂 (ke)
• Feminine nominative singular: 𑀓𑀸 (kā)
• Neuter nominative singular: 𑀓𑀺𑀁 (kiṃ)
• Neuter nominative plural: 𑀓𑀸𑀡𑀺 (kāṇi)
• Masculine/neuter genitive singular: 𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀲 (kassa)

Descendants

See also descendants of 𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀲 (kassa)

• Central:
  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
    • Old Awadhi: कि (ki)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Domaaki: [script needed] (kya)
    • Hindustani: ki, kyā
      • Hindi: कि, क्या
      • Urdu: کیَا (kyā)
• Eastern:
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Assamese: কি (ki)
    • Bengali: কি (ki)
    • Bihari:
      • Maithili: कि (kɨ)
    • Odia: କି (ki)
• Northern:
  • Khasa Prakrit:
    • Central Pahari:
      • Kumaoni: क्या (kyā)
    • Eastern Pahari:
      • Nepali: कि (ki), किन (kina), क्या (kyā)
    • Western Pahari:
      • Bhadrawahi: की (kī)
      • Pangwali: की (kī)
• Northwestern:
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Takka Apabhramsa:
      • Punjabi:

        Gurmukhi script: ਕੀ (kī)

        Shahmukhi script: کِیہہ (kīh)

    • Vracada Apabhramsa:
      • Sindhi: ki

        Arabic script: ڪِ

        Devanagari script: कि

• Southern:
  • Helu Prakrit:
    • Dhivehi: ކިއެއް (kiek̊), ކީއް (kīk̊)
    • Sinhalese: කි (ki)
      • ⇒ Sinhalese: කිකල (kikala), කිකරුණ (kikaruṇa)
  • Maharastri Prakrit:
    • Marathi: कीं (kī̃)
• Western:
  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Old Gujarati:
      • Gujarati: કિયું (kiyũ)
      • Old Marwari: क्यु (kyu)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kim”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press