किम्

Monier-Williams · kim
kím ind. (fr. 1. ki, originally nom. and acc. sg. n. of 2. ká, q.v.), what? how? whence? wherefore? why?

Monier-Williams · kim
kim is much used as a particle of interrogation like the Lat. num, an, sometimes translatable by 'whether?' but oftener serving only like a note of interrogation to mark a question (e.g. kiṃ vyādhā vane'smin saṃcaranti, 'do hunters roam about in this wood?' In an interrogation the verb, if uncompounded with a preposition, generally retains its accent after kim Pāṇ. 8-1, 44). To this sense may be referred the kim expressing inferiority, deficiency, &c. at the beginning of compounds (e.g. kiṃ-rājan, what sort of king? i.e. a bad king Pāṇ. 2-1, 64 ; v, 4, 70) ‖ also the kim prefix

Monier-Williams · kim
kim is very frequently connected with other particles, as follows: kím aṅgá, wherefore then? RV ‖ atha kim, átha ‖ kim api, somewhat, to a considerable extent, rather, much more, still further Śak. Megh. &c ‖ kim iti, why? Śak. Kum. Pañcat. &c ‖ kim-iva, what for? Śiś. xvi, 31 ‖ kím-u or kím-utá how much more? how much less? RV. ŚBr. MBh. &c ‖ kiṃ kila, what a pity! (expressing dissatisfaction) Pāṇ. 3-3, 146 ‖ kiṃ-ca, moreover, further Pañcat. Kathās. &c ‖ what more (expressing impatience) Śak ‖ kiṃ-cana (originally -ca na, negative = 'in no way'), to a certain degree

Monier-Williams · kim
kim (in comp.)