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]

  1. 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)

  1. 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

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “203”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ कुछ+कुछ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.