किम्

Etymology
Excluding the neuter form itself,, from , from.

, attested in the, was the original neuter singular nominative-accusative, and is used in the later language as the base form of this term in compounds (for example, in from ). Compare 🇨🇬.

In, , from , from , supplanted as the neuter singular nominative-accusative. Other vestiges of the old Indo-Iranian declinable are also seen in the indeclinables,. Mayrhofer considers this suppletion a Prakritism or more likely an archaism, for which compare 🇨🇬,.

Usage notes
Compare the usage of or ; sometimes translatable in isolation by "whether?" but oftener serving only like a note of interrogation to mark a question.

Can be followed in this indeclinable form by a large number of other particles to shade the meaning or merely emphasize:

Interjection

 * 1)  what a pity!

Pronoun

 * 1) what, who
 * 2) whoever, whatever, anyone, someone
 * 3)  nothing, nobody, anyone, anybody
 * 1)  nothing, nobody, anyone, anybody

Determiner

 * 1) what, whose

Usage notes
Direct or indirect interrogative clauses introduced by are often terminated by, as in. Without, tends to be used as a relative determiner, as in.

is often used together with a demonstrative pronoun, as in, or with the optative mood to ask about the future.

Repetition can sometimes be emphasizing, as in or. Two separate usages of the interrogative often "attract" each other to become adjacent, as in. Compare similar usage of.

as an interrogative is often followed by the particles, , , , , or for emphasis. As an indefinite, it can sometimes appear isolated but is more often followed by the particles, , , , or , in which case it may be preceded by the relative , as

Descendants
See also descendants of.


 * Dardic:
 * Central:
 * Hindustani: ki, kyā
 * Eastern:
 * Northern:
 * Central Pahari:
 * Eastern Pahari:
 * Western Pahari:
 * Northwestern:
 * Southern:
 * Western:
 * Old Marwari: क्यु
 * Hindustani: ki, kyā
 * Eastern:
 * Northern:
 * Central Pahari:
 * Eastern Pahari:
 * Western Pahari:
 * Northwestern:
 * Southern:
 * Western:
 * Old Marwari: क्यु
 * Northern:
 * Central Pahari:
 * Eastern Pahari:
 * Western Pahari:
 * Northwestern:
 * Southern:
 * Western:
 * Old Marwari: क्यु
 * Eastern Pahari:
 * Western Pahari:
 * Northwestern:
 * Southern:
 * Western:
 * Old Marwari: क्यु
 * Southern:
 * Western:
 * Old Marwari: क्यु
 * Southern:
 * Western:
 * Old Marwari: क्यु
 * Southern:
 * Western:
 * Old Marwari: क्यु
 * Southern:
 * Western:
 * Old Marwari: क्यु
 * Western:
 * Old Marwari: क्यु
 * Western:
 * Old Marwari: क्यु
 * Western:
 * Old Marwari: क्यु
 * Old Marwari: क्यु
 * Old Marwari: क्यु
 * Old Marwari: क्यु