कुछ کچھ ♣ Eng. who, quote
[kucʰ], adj.; adv. some, several, any, something; a little, a bit, somewhat.
[◀MIA: Pk. kiṁci ‘anything, a little’; Pa. kiñci ‘nothing’ ◀OIA kíṁcid ‘anything’ RV. <ká- <ka- ‘who? which? what?’ interrogative pronominal stem ◀PIE *kʷo-, kʷe-, fem. kʷā; kʷei- indefinite / interrogative pronominal base] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. who, what, why, how, when, where ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. quote, quantity, quality ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0819; (Turner, 1966) 3144, 2967, 2574, p.127; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 212, 173; (MW, 1899) 0240; (Pokorny, 1959) 0644; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.347, 1.284
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