किस्

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kís ~ čís, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬨 (cim), 𐬐𐬆𐬨 (kəm).[1] According to Mayrhofer, किस् (kis) is either an archaism or a Prakritism.

Pronunciation

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Particle

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किस् (kís)[2]

  1. (interrogative) whether

Pronoun

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किस् (kís)

  1. nominative singular of *kí, who

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “kí-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 347
  2. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “किस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 284.