Word Meaning
किसू
kisu
hipronoun
Meaning
Someone or anyone; archaic classical form of the oblique pronoun 'kisi'.
Detailed Meaning
'Kisu' is the classical and archaic oblique form of the indefinite pronoun 'koi' (standard modern Urdu/Hindi 'kisi'), meaning 'someone' or 'anyone'. In this couplet, it refers indefinitely to the beloved whose disheveled curls have ruined the speaker's peace of mind. It was standard poetic diction in the era of Mir and Sauda before falling out of common usage.
Etymology
From Prakrit/Apabhramsha forms descending from Sanskrit 'kasyacit' (genitive of 'kashcit').
Usage
A signature archaic pronoun of eighteenth-century Urdu poetry, standard in Mir's era but later replaced by 'kisi'.
Examples
Do not lose your heart to anyone.
Ask not about anyone's helpless state.
Synonyms
किसी
Related Words
कोईकिसीकुछ