As a Hindi name
क्या
initial interrogative particle
क्या · feminine,masculine
what?; such, what, how; used after a noun or तो to indicate something being not as great.
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit किम् — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀺𑀁 (kiṃ), 𑀓𑀺 (ki), from Sanskrit किम् (kim, “what, which”). Compare Punjabi ਕੀ (kī), Gujarati કિયું (kiyũ), Marathi की (kī), Bengali কী (ki), Assamese কি (ki) or Kashmiri کیاہ.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kim ind. (fr. 1. ki, originally nom. and acc. sg. n. of 2. ka, q.v.), what? how? whence? wherefore? why?
kim is much used as a particle of interrogation like the Lat. num, an, sometimes translatable by ‘whether?’ but oftener serving only like a note of interrogation to mark a question (e.g. kiṃ vyādhā vane 'smin saṃcaranti, ‘do hunters roam about in this wood?’ In an interrogation the verb, if uncompounded with a preposition, generally retains its accent after kim, Pāṇ. viii, 1, 44). To this sense may be referred the kim expressing inferiority, deficiency, &c. at the beginning of compounds (e.g. kiṃ-rājan, what sort of king? i.e. a bad king, Pāṇ. ii, 1, 64; v, 4, 70)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
suspended by a swing or in a loop, carried in the basket hanging from each end of a yoke or pole
Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "kācita" is derived from "kācit" with the aṇ/añ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
kācit ind. Some one, any one, (a female person or object,) the first member is declinable, as kāñcit, &c. E. kā fem. of kim and cit aff.
kācita mfn. suspended by a swing or in a loop, carried in the basket hanging from each end of a yoke or pole, L.
kācita See kāca.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
kācita mfn. suspended by a swing or in a loop, carried in the basket hanging from each end of a yoke or pole, L.
kācita See kāca.
kācita a. Suspended in a loop or by a swing.
kācita mfn. (-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Suspended by a swing or in a loop. E. kāca a nominal root, to hang by a loop or in a swing, and kta aff.
kācit ind. Some one, any one, (a female person or object,) the first member is declinable, as kāñcit, &c. E. kā fem. of kim and cit aff.
Alternative readings
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