𑀓𑁄𑀇

Prakrit

Etymology

From older 𑀓𑁄𑀘𑀺 (koci), from Sanskrit कश्चिद् m sg (kaścid, “anything”), from कः m sg (kaḥ, “what, who”) + चिद् (cid). In Sanskrit, this sequence regularly undergoes external sandhi and univerbation (-aḥ c- > -aśc-). Middle Indo-Aryan masculine nominative singular 𑀓𑁄𑀇 (koi) or 𑀓𑁄𑀘𑀺 (koci) was probably formed by analogy to other inflected forms of 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 n sg (kiṃci), like 𑀓𑀸𑀇 f sg (kāi) and 𑀓𑁂𑀇 m pl (kei), on the basis that the Sanskrit masculine nominative singular ending -अः (-aḥ) regularly becomes Prakrit -𑀑 (-o). Other literature attributes this to influence from Sanskrit कोऽपि (kó’pi, “whoever, whatever”), from कः (kaḥ) + अपि (api).[1][2]

Pronoun

𑀓𑁄𑀇 (koi) (Devanagari कोइ, Kannada ಕೋಇ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)

  1. masculine nominative singular of 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 (kiṃci)

Descendants

  • Northeastern:
    • Lahnda: [script needed] m (kōī), [script needed] f (kāī)
    • Punjabi: ਕੋਈ / کوئی (ko'ī)
    • Sindhi: ڪس (kisi)
  • Northern:
  • Eastern:
    • Bengali: কেউ (keu), কেই (kei), কেও (keō)
    • Assamese: কেও (keü)
    • Odia: କେଇ (kei)
    • Awadhi: कोइ (koi), केउ (keu)
  • Central:
  • Western:
    • Old Gujarati: कांई (kāṃī) (probably by analogy from Prakrit 𑀓𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀘𑀺 (kāṇici, n. pl. nom.))

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaścid”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 311
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