# चि
## Khaling
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

चि (ci)
* beer

## Newar
### Etymology

From Classical Newar 𑐔𑐷 (cī), perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsa (“salt”). Cognate to Thangmi छ्या, Chepang छेः.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡ɕi]

### Noun

चि • (ci) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐔𑐶)
* salt

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* চি (Assamese script)
* ᬘᬶ (Balinese script)
* চি (Bengali script)
* 𑰓𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀘𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* စိ (Burmese script)
* ચિ (Gujarati script)
* ਚਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌚𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦕꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂒𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಚಿ (Kannada script)
* ចិ (Khmer script)
* ຈິ (Lao script)
* ചി (Malayalam script)
* ᢜᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘓𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᢋᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦳𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐔𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଚି (Odia script)
* ꢗꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆖𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖓𑖰 (Siddham script)
* චි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩡𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚏𑚮 (Takri script)
* சி (Tamil script)
* చి (Telugu script)
* จิ (Thai script)
* ཙི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒔𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨣𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /t͡ɕi/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /t͡ɕi/

### Etymology 1

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to collect, gather, pile, build”). Compare Proto-Slavic *činìti (“to instigate, do”), Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”).

#### Root

चि • (ci)
* to arrange in order, pile up, construct
* to collect, gather, accumulate, acquire
* to cover, inlay

##### Derived terms
###### Primary Verbal Forms

* चिनोति (cinóti, Present)
* चेष्यति (ceṣyáti, Future)
* चेता (cetā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अचेत् (ácet, Aorist)
* अचैषीत् (ácaiṣīt, Aorist)
* चीयात् (cīyāt, Benedictive)
* चिकाय (cikā́ya, Perfect)
* चिचाय (cicā́ya, Perfect)

###### Secondary Forms

* चीयते (cīyáte, Passive)
* अचायि (ácāyi, Passive Aorist)
* चाययति (cāyáyati, Causative)
* चापयति (cāpáyati, Causative)
* चययति (cayáyati, Causative)
* चपयति (capáyati, Causative)
* अचीचपत् (ácīcapat, Causative Aorist)
* अचीचयत् (ácīcayat, Causative Aorist)
* चिकीषति (cikīṣati, Desiderative)
* चिचीषति (cicīṣati, Desiderative)
* चिचीषयति (cicīṣayati, Causative of Desiderative)
* चेचीयते (cecīyate, Intensive)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* चित (citá, Past Participle)
* चेतुम् (cetum, Infinitive)
* चेतवै (cetavái, Infinitive)
* चित्वा (citvā́, Gerund)
* चयित्वा (cayitvā́, Gerund)
* चित्य (cítya, Gerundive)
* चीय (cīyá, Gerundive)
* चयनीय (cayanī́ya, Gerundive)
* चयितव्य (cayitavyà, Gerundive)
* चेतव्य (cetavyà, Gerundive)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* काय (kāya)
* चय (caya)
* चयन (cáyana)
* चयिष्ठ (cayiṣṭha)
* चाय (cāya)
* चायिन् (cāyin)
* चाय्य (cāyyá)
* चित् (cít)
* चित्या (cityā)
* चिति (cíti)
* चिता (citā)
* चीति (cīti)
* चेतृ (cetṛ)
* चेय (ceya)
* चिचीषा (cicīṣā)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to observe, perceive”). Compare Ancient Greek τίω (tíō, “to pay honor, respects (to a person)”). See also चित् (cit).

#### Alternative forms

* कि (ki), चय् (cay), चाय् (cāy)

#### Root

चि • (ci)
* to observe, perceive
* to fix the gaze upon, be intent upon
* to seek for, investigate, search through

##### Derived terms
###### Primary Verbal Forms

* चिकेति (cikéti, Present)
* चायति (cā́yati, Present)
* चिनोति (cinóti, Present)
* चेष्यति (ceṣyáti, Future)
* अचायीत् (ácāyīt, Aorist)
* अचेष्ट (áceṣṭa, Aorist)
* चिकाय (cikā́ya, Perfect)

###### Secondary Forms

* चीयते (cīyáte, Passive)
* चिकीषति (cikīṣati, Desiderative)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* चित (citá, Past Participle)
* चेतुम् (cétum, Infinitive)
* चायित्वा (cāyitvā́, Gerund)
* चित्य (cityá, Gerundive)
* चेतव्य (cetavyà, Gerundive)
* चाय्य (cā́yya, Gerundive)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* चय (cáya)
* चयन (cáyana)
* चायक (cāyaka)
* चायिन् (cāyin)
* चित् (cít)
* चिति (citi)
* चेतृ (cetṛ́)
* चेय (ceya)
* चिर (cira)

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to avenge”).

#### Root

चि • (ci)
* to detest, hate
* to revenge, punish, take vengeance on

##### Derived terms

* चयते (cáyate)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “चि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 394.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “चि”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 46
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “चि”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “CAY$^{1-3}$”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 531-533
* Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 220
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* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “637”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 637