Reconstruction:Sanskrit/कियत्त

Sanskrit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kiyatta, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kíHant, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂-onts, from *kʷíh₂, neuter of *kʷís. Cognate with Avestan 𐬗𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (cuuaṇt) and Latin quantum.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ki.jɐt.tɐ/, [ki.jɐt̚.tɐ]
(Classical) IPA^(key): /kiˈjɐt̪.t̪ɐ/, [kiˈjɐt̪̚.t̪ɐ]
Hyphenation: कि‧यत्‧त

Determiner

*कियत्त • (kiyatta)

how great...?

Descendants

Dardic:
- Gawar-Bati: کت (kata)
- Kamkata-viri: kīte
- Kashmiri: کُوتُ (kuvtu), کیُتُ (kyutu)
- Pashayi:
  - Southeast Pashayi: kuti
- Phalura: کَتِی (katī)
- → Proto-Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: ċīt
  - Waigali: kiti
Pali: kittaka
Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬 (kittiya)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindustani: kittā, kitā
      - Hindi: कित्ता, किता
      - Urdu: کِتَّا (kittā), کِتَا (kitā)
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: কেতেক (ketek)
- Northwestern:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Takka Apabhramsa:
      - Lahnda: کتں (kittĩ), کتی (kittī)
      - Punjabi: kitt
        Gurmukhi script: ਕਿੱਤ
        
        Shahmukhi script: کِتّ
    - Vracada Apabhramsa:
      - Sindhi:
        Kachchi: કીત્રી (kītrī), કિત્રાક (kitrāk)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ކިތައް (kitak̊)
    - Sinhalese: කෙතෙක් (ketek)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: कितिं (kitĩ), किती (kitī)
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: કેટલી (keṭlī), કેટલાક (keṭlāk)
- ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬~𑀦 (kittiya~na)
  - Central:
    - Sauraseni Prakrit:
      - Hindustani: kitnā
        Hindi: कितना
        
        Urdu: کِتنَا
  - Northwestern:
    - Paisaci Prakrit:
      - Punjabi: kitnā, kitṇā
        Gurmukhi script: ਕਿਤਨਾ, ਕਿਤਣਾ
        
        Shahmukhi script: کِتنَا, کِتݨَا
- ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬~𑀭 (kittiya~ra)
  - - Northwestern:
      - Paisaci Prakrit:
        Lahnda: کترا (kitrā)
    - Western:
      - Sauraseni Prakrit:
        Old Marwari: कीतराक (kītrāk)
- ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬~𑀮 (kittiya~la)
  - - Northwestern:
      - Sauraseni Prakrit:
        Lahnda: کتلا (kittlā)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kiyatta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 161

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