कदाचित्
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कदाचित् (kadācit).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kə.d̪ɑː.t͡ʃɪt̪/, [kɐ.d̪äː.t͡ʃɪt̪]
Adverb
कदाचित् • (kadācit)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कदाचित्”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কদাচিত্ (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬤᬵᬘᬶᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
- কদাচিত্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰟𑰯𑰓𑰰𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀤𑀸𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ကဒါစိတ် (Burmese script)
- કદાચિત્ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਦਾਚਿਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌦𑌾𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦢꦴꦕꦶꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂠𑂰𑂒𑂱𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಕದಾಚಿತ್ (Kannada script)
- កទាចិត៑ (Khmer script)
- ກທາຈິຕ຺ (Lao script)
- കദാചിത് (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠᡩᠠ᠊ᠠᢜᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘟𑘰𑘓𑘱𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢑᠠᢗᢋᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑦿𑧑𑦳𑧒𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐡𑐵𑐔𑐶𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
- କଦାଚିତ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢣꢵꢗꢶꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆢𑆳𑆖𑆴𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖟𑖯𑖓𑖰𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
- කදාචිත් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩭𑩛𑩡𑩑𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚛𑚭𑚏𑚮𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
- கத³ாசித் (Tamil script)
- కదాచిత్ (Telugu script)
- กทาจิตฺ (Thai script)
- ཀ་དཱ་ཙི་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒠𑒰𑒔𑒱𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨛𑨊𑨣𑨁𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
A compound of कदा (kadā, “when”) + चिद् (cid, indefinite particle, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíd).
Adverb
कदाचित् • (kadācit)
- at some time or other, sometimes, once
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “कदा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 248, column 1.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “kadācid”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.