هیچ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

borrowed from Persian هیچ‎

Pronoun

هیچ • (hiç)

  1. nothing
  2. any

References
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “هیچ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran

Persian
Dari Persian هیچ‎
Iranian Persian هیچ‎
Tajiki Persian ҳеч (heč)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭰‎ (ēč, “not any”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

هیچ • (hič)

  1. tiny, insignificant, inconsiderable
  2. no
    هیچ کس نمی‌دونست اون کجاست.‎
    Hič kas nemi-dunest un kojāst.
    No one knew where he was. (vernacular)

Adverb

هیچ • (hič)

  1. never
  2. ever

Noun

هیچ • (hič)

  1. nil, naught

Pronoun

هیچ • (hič)

  1. nothing

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Armenian: հեչ (hečʿ)
  • Crimean Tatar: iç
  • Turkish: hiç
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