هیچ

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See also: هيچ and ہیچ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish هیچ (hiç), from Persian هیچ (hič)

Pronoun

هیچ • (hiç)

  1. nothing
  2. any

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: hiç
  • → Albanian: hiç
  • → Armenian: հիչ (hičʻ)
  • → Aromanian: ici, hici
  • → Bulgarian: хич (hič)
  • → Laz: ჰიჩი (hiçi), ჰიჩ (hiç) — Chkhala
  • → Macedonian: ич (ič)
  • → Romanian: hici
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ич
    Latin script: ič

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “هیچ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2175
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “هیچ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎ (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1331
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hiç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “هیچ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎ (in French), Constantinople: Mihran

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian (ʾyc /⁠ēč⁠/, “not any”).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “The č is probably from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís, *kʷos (“who, which, what”). Is the hi a phonetic shift from Proto-Indo-European *né (“not”)?”

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? hēč
Dari reading? hēč
Iranian reading? hič
Tajik reading? heč

Adjective

هیچ • (hēč / hič) (Tajik spelling ҳеч)

  1. tiny, insignificant, inconsiderable
  2. no
    هیچ کس نمی‌دونست اون کجاست. (colloquial Tehrani Persian)
    hič kas nemi-dunest un kojāst.
    No one knew where he was.

Adverb

هیچ • (hēč / hič) (Tajik spelling ҳеч)

  1. never
  2. ever

Noun

هیچ • (hēč / hič) (Tajik spelling ҳеч)

  1. nil, naught

Pronoun

هیچ • (hič)

  1. nothing

Derived terms

Descendants

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