কিছু

Inherited from Sanskrit কিংচিদ্ (kiṃcid, “anything”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠇꠤꠍꠥ (kisú), ꠇꠤꠌ꠆ꠍꠥ (kiccú); Bengali কিছু (kichu); Hindustani کچھ / कुछ (kuch), Odia କିଛି (kichi).

• IPA^(key): /ki.su/

কিছু • (kisu)

1. some, a little, a few

   Synonym: (more common) অলপ (olop)

   কিছু সময় ইয়াতে কটাই ল‌ওঁ।

   kisu xomoy iate kotai lo‌ü̃.

   I think I should spend some time here.

   (literally, “I take spending some time here (empathic).”)

Inherited from late Magadhi Prakrit *𑀓𑀺𑀙𑀼 ~ *𑀓𑀺𑀙𑀺 (*kichu ~ *kichi), from earlier 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 (kiṃci) with blending of emphatic *𑀳𑀼 ~ *𑀳𑀺 (*hu ~ *hi) and loss of nasalization, from Sanskrit কিংচিদ্ (kiṃcid, “anything”). Cognate with Assamese কিছু (kisu), Odia କିଛି (kichi), Maithili किछु (kichʉ), Hindi कुछ (kuch), Punjabi ਕੁਝ (kujh), Sinhalese කිසි (kisi).

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kit͡ʃʰu/, [ˈkit͡ʃʰuˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kitɕʰu/, [ˈkitɕʰuˑ], /kisu/, [ˈkisuˑ]

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• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /kisu/, [ˈkisuˑ], [xisuˑ]
• Hyphenation: কি‧ছু

কিছু • (kichu)

1. anything, something

   কিছু হলেই আমাকে জানাবি!

   kichu holei amake janabi!

   Let me know if anything happens!

কিছু • (kichu) (comparative আরও কিছু, superlative সবচেয়ে কিছু)

1. some; a small number or amount

   সেখানে কিছু ছোট দোকান আছে।

   sekhane kichu chōṭo dōkan ache.

   There's some small stores there.