𑀓𑁄𑀇

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Prakrit

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Etymology

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From older 𑀓𑁄𑀘𑀺 (koci), from Sanskrit कश्चिद् m sg (kaścid, anything), from कः m sg (kaḥ, what, who) + चिद् (cid). In Sanskrit, this sequence regularly undergoes external sandhi and univerbation (-aḥ c- > -aśc-). Middle Indo-Aryan masculine nominative singular 𑀓𑁄𑀇 (koi) or 𑀓𑁄𑀘𑀺 (koci) was probably formed by analogy to other inflected forms of 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 n sg (kiṃci), like 𑀓𑀸𑀇 f sg (kāi) and 𑀓𑁂𑀇 m pl (kei), on the basis that the Sanskrit masculine nominative singular ending -अः (-aḥ) regularly becomes Prakrit -𑀑 (-o). Other literature attributes this to influence from Sanskrit कोऽपि (kó’pi, whoever, whatever), from कः (kaḥ) + अपि (api).[1][2]

Pronoun

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𑀓𑁄𑀇 (koi) (Devanagari कोइ, Kannada ಕೋಇ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

  1. masculine nominative singular of 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 (kiṃci)

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaścid”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 311