چی
Central Kurdish
Alternative forms
- چ (çi)
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.
Pronoun
| Northern Kurdish | çi |
|---|
چی (çi)
Usage notes
- As a determiner, must be followed with a noun in the indefinite.
Derived terms
- بۆ چی (bo çî)
Persian
Alternative forms
- چه (če) (formal literary standard)
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭤 (čē [ME], “what, which”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰi]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | čī |
| Dari reading? | čī |
| Iranian reading? | či |
| Tajik reading? | či |
Pronoun
چی • (či)
- (interrogative, colloquial, in formal prose dated or Dari) what?
- دربارهٔ هر چی فکر کرده بودم، دربارهٔ مردن فکر نکرده بودم.
- darbare-ye' har či fekr karde budam, darbare-ye mordan fekr nakarde budam.
- Whatever I had thought about, I hadn't thought about dying.
Derived terms
- چی بودیم، چی شدیم (či budim, či šodim)
- هر چیز (“har čiz”)