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Central Kurdish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.
Pronoun
چی (çi)
- (interrogative) what, which
Usage notes
- As a determiner, must be followed with a noun in the indefinite.
Derived terms
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭤 (čē , “what, which”).
Alternative forms
- چه (če) (formal literary standard)
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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čī
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Dari reading?
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čī
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Iranian reading?
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či
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Tajik reading?
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či
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Pronoun
Dari
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چه, چی
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Iranian Persian
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چی, چه
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Tajik
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чи
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چی • (či)
- (interrogative, colloquial, in formal prose dated or Dari) what?
راجع به هر چی فکر کرده بودم، راجع به مردن فکر نکرده بودم.- râje' be har či fekr karde budam, râje' be mordan fekr nakarde budam.
- Whatever I had thought about, I hadn't thought about dying.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Azerbaijani -çi or Ottoman Turkish ـجی (-ci), from Proto-Turkic *-či.
Suffix
ـچی • (-či)
- -er; -eer
Derived terms