کسی

Persian

Etymology

Derived from Classical Persian کس (kas, “person”) +‎ ـی (-ē, indefinitive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.seː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.seː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.seː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.seː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.seː]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.siː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.siː]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [kʰʲe.siː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.se]

Readings
Classical reading?	kasē
Dari reading?	kasē
Iranian reading?	kasi
Tajik reading?	kase

Pronoun

Dari	کسی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	касе

کَسی • (kasi, kasē)

1. someone, somebody
2. anyone, anybody
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 3184:

     این کسی دیدست کز یک راویه / سرد گردد سوز چندان هاویه

     in kasi did[e]-ast k-az yek râviye / sard gardad suz-e čandân hâviye

     Has any one seen [such a wonder as] this, that the burning glow of so many Hells should be cooled by a single water-skin?

Urdu

Etymology

From کس (kis) +‎ ہی (hī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɪ.siː/

Adjective

کِسی • (kisī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling किसी)

1. oblique of کوئی (koī): some, a certain, a given

Pronoun

کِسی • (kisī) (Hindi spelling किसी)

1. oblique of کوئی (koī): anyone, someone