कियत्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- कियद् (kiyad) — sandhi variant
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কিয়ত্ (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬶᬬᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
- কিয়ত্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰰𑰧𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀺𑀬𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ကိယတ် (Burmese script)
- કિયત્ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਿਯਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌿𑌯𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦶꦪꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂱𑂨𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಿಯತ್ (Kannada script)
- កិយត៑ (Khmer script)
- ກິຍຕ຺ (Lao script)
- കിയത് (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᡳᠶᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘱𑘧𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠢᠶ᠋ᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧒𑧇𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐶𑐫𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
- କିଯତ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢶꢫꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆴𑆪𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖰𑖧𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
- කියත් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩑𑩻𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚮𑚣𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
- கியத் (Tamil script)
- కియత్ (Telugu script)
- กิยตฺ (Thai script)
- ཀི་ཡ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒱𑒨𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨁𑨪𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kíHant, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂-onts, from *kʷíh₂, neuter of *kʷís. Cognate with Ashkun ćīt, Waigali kiti, Avestan 𐬗𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (cuuaṇt), Latin quantum.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ki.jɐt/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ki.jɐt̪/
Adverb
कियत् • (kiyat)
Determiner
कियत् • (kiyat)
- (interrogative) how much
Descendants
See also descendants of *कियत्त (*kiyatta).
- Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀅𑀁𑀢 (kiaṃta, “how many?”)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kiyat”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 161
- Monier Williams (1899) “कियत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 283.