स्वित्

Shabda-Sagara

स्वित्   Ind.
1. A particle of questioning, (hey, what ?)
2. An exclama- tion of doubt or surprise.
3. An expletive. It is added to interro- gative pronouns and adverbs to impart to them the sense of indefiniteness; (used generally after आहो or किम्, &c., and is trans- latable by “whether.”)
E. सु well, इण् to go, aff. क्विप् .

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सु इण् क्विप् .