هیچ
See also: هيچ and ہیچ
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish هیچ (hiç),[1][2] from Persian هیچ (hič)[3]
Pronoun
هیچ • (hiç)
Derived terms
- هیچ بر (hiç bir)
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:
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “هیچ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2175
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “هیچ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1331
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hiç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “هیچ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾyc /ēč/, “not any”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈheːt͡ʃ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [heːt͡ʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hiːt͡ʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [het͡ʃ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | hēč |
| Dari reading? | hēč |
| Iranian reading? | hič |
| Tajik reading? | heč |
- Rhymes: -iːt͡ʃ
Adjective
هیچ • (hēč / hič) (Tajik spelling ҳеч)
- tiny, insignificant, inconsiderable
- 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)
Noun
هیچ • (hēč / hič) (Tajik spelling ҳеч)
Pronoun
هیچ • (hič)