कुछ-कुछ
Hindi
Alternative forms
- कुछ कुछ (kuch kuch)
Etymology
Reduplication of कुछ (kuch).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kʊt͡ʃʰ.kʊt͡ʃʰ/
- Rhymes: -ʊt͡ʃʰ
- Hyphenation: कुछ‧कुछ
Adverb
कुछ-कुछ • (kuch-kuch) (Urdu spelling کُچھ کُچھ)[1][2]
- slightly; somewhat; a little
- Synonyms: थोड़ा (thoṛā), थोड़ा-थोड़ा (thoṛā-thoṛā)
- वह अभी भी कुछ-कुछ बीमार है।
- vah abhī bhī kuch-kuch bīmār hai.
- She's still slightly ill.
- मैंने पार्टी पे कुछ-कुछ खाया और फिर चल पड़ा।
- ma͠ine pārṭī pe kuch-kuch khāyā aur phir cal paṛā.
- I ate a little at the party and then left.
Pronoun
कुछ-कुछ • (kuch-kuch) (Urdu spelling کُچھ کُچھ)
- something or other, such-and-such
- 1998, “कुछ कुछ होता है [kuch kuch hotā hai]”, in Sameer (lyrics), Jatin-Lalit (music), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, performed by Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik:
- तुम पास आए, यों मुस्कुराए
तुमने न जाने क्या सपने दिखाए
अब तो मेरा दिल, जागे ना सोता है
क्या करूँ हाय, कुछ-कुछ होता है
क्या करूँ हाय, कुछ-कुछ होता है- tum pās āe, yõ muskurāe
tumne na jāne kyā sapne dikhāe
ab to merā dil, jāge nā sotā hai
kyā karū̃ hāy, kuch-kuch hotā hai
kyā karū̃ hāy, kuch-kuch hotā hai - You came near [me], you just smiled
You don't know the dreams that you showed [me]
Now my heart is neither awake, nor is it asleep
Oh what should I do, something or other happens
Oh what should I do, something or other happens
- tum pās āe, yõ muskurāe
Derived terms
- कुछ-न-कुछ (kuch-na-kuch)
References
- ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “203”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- ^ “कुछ+कुछ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.