Where does “هیچ” come from?

هیچ (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian هیچ, from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭰 — not any.

هیچ (Ottoman Turkish): nothing; any

Definitions

  1. nothing; any

Ancestry of “هیچ”, step by step

هیچ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian هیچ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianهیچtiny, insignificant, inconsiderable; no; never
2Middle Persian𐭠𐭩𐭰not any

via Classical Persian هیچ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianهیچ—

Words derived from “هیچ”

Every word from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭰 →Every word from Persian هیچ →