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Sanskrit
- कियद् (kiyad) — sandhi variant
Alternative scripts
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kíHant, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂-onts, from *kʷíh₂, neuter of *kʷís. Cognate with Ashkun ćīt, Waigali kiti, Avestan 𐬗𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (cuuaṇt), Latin quantum.
Pronunciation
Adverb
कियत् • (kiyat)
- (interrogative) how much
- कियद् अस्ति तत्? ― kiyad asti tat? ― Oh! This is not much. (Literally: How much is this?)
- a little
Determiner
कियत् • (kiyat)
- (interrogative) how much
Descendants
See also descendants of *कियत्त (kiyatta).
- Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀅𑀁𑀢 (kiaṃta, “how many?”)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kiyat”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 161
- Monier Williams (1899) “कियत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 283.