𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺

Inherited from Sanskrit किंचिद् (kiṃcid), neuter singular of कश्चिद् (kaścid, “someone”).

𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 (kiṃci)

1. any
   • c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Major Rock Edict 1 Girnar:

     𑀇𑀥 𑀦 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 𑀚𑀻𑀯𑀁 𑀆𑀭𑀪𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀧𑀸 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀚𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀢𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀁

     idha na kiṃci jīvaṃ ārabhitpā prajūhitavyaṃ

     Here no living being must be killed and sacrificed.

Attested at Girnar.

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 (“any”)
𑀓𑀺𑀘𑀺 (kici) (1) 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 (kiṃci) (1) 𐨐𐨁𐨕𐨁 (kici) (1)

• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 (kiṃci) (see there for further descendants)

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

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 (kiṃci), from Sanskrit किंचिद् (kiṃcid). Outside of Romani and Sinhalese, descendants indicate a late (Proto-New Indo-Aryan) pronounciation as *𑀓𑀺𑀙𑀼 (*kichu) or *𑀓𑀙𑀼 (*kachu). Most likely, this is a univerbation of 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 (kiṃci), an emphatic in 𑀳𑀺 (hi), and the masculine nominative singular marker -𑀉 (-u), with spurious simplifications due to this word's commonality. On the usage of the emphatic marker in indefinite pronouns, compare Hindi कभी (kabhī, “sometimes”) from कब (kab, “when”).

See 𑀓𑁄𑀇 (koi) for more.

𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 (kiṃci)

1. any

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• Masculine Nominative Singular: 𑀓𑁄𑀇 (koi)
• Masculine Nominative Plural: 𑀓𑁂𑀇 (kei)
• Feminine Nominative Singular: 𑀓𑀸𑀇 (kāi)
• Neuter Nominative Singular: 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 (kiṃci)
• Neuter Nominative Plural: 𑀓𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀇 (kāṇii)
• Masculine and Neuter Genitive Singular: 𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇 (kassaï)

See 𑀓𑁄𑀇 (koi) and 𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇 (kassaï) for other descendants.

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