किसी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa कस्सइ (kassaï), from Prakrit कस्स-वि (kassa-vi), from Sanskrit कस्यापि (kasyāpi), from कस्य (kasya) +‎ अपि (api).[1] By surface analysis, किस (kis) +‎ ही ().

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kɪ.siː/

Determiner

किसी • (kisī) (Urdu spelling کسی)[2]

  1. oblique of कोई (koī): some, a certain, a given
    किसी संख्या का एक-पाँचवाँ भाग बीस है, तो उस संख्या का चार-पाँचवाँ भाग कितना होगा?[3]
    kisī saṅkhyā kā ek-pā̃cvā̃ bhāg bīs hai, to us saṅkhyā kā cār-pā̃cvā̃ bhāg kitnā hogā?
    One-fifth of a given number is twenty, so how much will four-fifths of that number be?

Pronoun

किसी • (kisī) (Urdu spelling کسی)

  1. oblique of कोई (koī): anyone, someone

References

  1. ^ Kumar, Naresh (1985) “किसी”, in हिन्दी-व्युत्पत्ति-कोश [Hindī-vyutpatti-kośa, Dictionary of Hindi Etymology] (in Hindi), Ghaziabad: Indo-Vision Private Limited, →OCLC
  2. ^ Kumar, Naresh (1985) “किसी”, in हिन्दी-व्युत्पत्ति-कोश [Hindī-vyutpatti-kośa, Dictionary of Hindi Etymology] (in Hindi), Ghaziabad: Indo-Vision Private Limited, →OCLC
  3. ^ https://brainly.in/question/14143257