কিছু
See also: কাছে
Assamese
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit কিংচিদ্ (kiṃcid, “anything”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠇꠤꠍꠥ (kisú), ꠇꠤꠌ꠆ꠍꠥ (kiccú); Bengali কিছু (kichu); Hindustani کچھ / कुछ (kuch).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki.su/
Adjective
কিছু • (kisu)
- some, a little, a few
- কিছু সময় ইয়াতে কটাই লওঁ।
- kisu xomoy iate kotai loü̃.
- I think I should spend some time here.
- (literally, “I take spending some time here (empathic).”)
- Synonym: (more common) অলপ (olop)
Derived terms
- কিছু কিছু (kisu kisu)
- কিছুদিন (kisudin)
- কিছুমান (kisuman)
Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit किंचिद् (kiṃcid, “anything”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷím + *kʷíd (synchronically analyzable as किम् (kim) + चिद् (cid), where the latter marks the pronoun as indefinite). The -ch- reflects -śc- in Sanskrit कश्चित् (kaścit, “anyone”) (whence কেউ (keu)), of which किंचिद् (kiṃcid) is the neuter singular.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki.t͡ʃʰu/
Audio (file)
- IPA(key): /ki.su/
- Hyphenation: কি‧ছু
Pronoun
কিছু • (kichu)
- anything, something
- কিছু হলেই আমাকে জানাবি!
- kichu hôlei amake janabi!
- Let me know if anything happens!
Adjective
কিছু • (kichu)
- some; a small number or amount
- সেখানে কিছু ছোট দোকান আছে।
- śekhane kichu choṭô dokan ache.
- There's some small stores there.
Derived terms
- একটা কিছু (ekôṭa kichu)
- কিছু একটা (kichu ekôṭa)
- কিছু কিছু (kichu kichu)
- কিছুক্ষণ (kichukhôṇô)
- কিছুতে (kichute)
- কিছুতেই না (kichutei na)
- কিছু না (kichu na)
- কিছু না কিছু (kichu na kichu)