किस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • কিস্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬓᬶᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • কিস্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰰𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑀺𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ကိသ် (Burmese script)
  • કિસ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਕਿਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌕𑌿𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦏꦶꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂍𑂱𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಕಿಸ್ (Kannada script)
  • កិស៑ (Khmer script)
  • ກິສ຺ (Lao script)
  • കിസ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᡬᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘎𑘱𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᠢᠰ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦮𑧒𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑐶𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
  • କିସ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢒꢶꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆴𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖰𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • කිස් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩜𑩑𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚊𑚮𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
  • கிஸ் (Tamil script)
  • కిస్ (Telugu script)
  • กิสฺ (Thai script)
  • ཀི་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒱𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨋𑨁𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Particle

किस् • (kís)[2]

  1. (interrogative) whether

Pronoun

किस् • (kís)

  1. nominative singular of *kí, who

Derived terms

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “kí-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (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.
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