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कतर
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কতৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬢᬭ (Balinese script)
- কতর (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰝𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀢𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ကတရ (Burmese script)
- કતર (Gujarati script)
- ਕਤਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌤𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦠꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂞𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಕತರ (Kannada script)
- កតរ (Khmer script)
- ກຕຣ (Lao script)
- കതര (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠᢠᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘝𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢐᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑦽𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐟𑐬 (Newa script)
- କତର (Odia script)
- ꢒꢡꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆠𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖝𑖨 (Siddham script)
- කතර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩫𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚙𑚤 (Takri script)
- கதர (Tamil script)
- కతర (Telugu script)
- กตร (Thai script)
- ཀ་ཏ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒞𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨙𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *katarás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátaras, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóteros, from *kʷos (“which”) (whence also क (ká)). Cognate with Ancient Greek πότερος (póteros), Lithuanian katràs, Russian который (kotoryj), Old English hwæþer (whence English whether).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
कतर • (katará)
Declension
- ¹Vedic
- ¹Vedic
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- कतरतस् (katarátas, “on which of the two sides?”)
Descendants
- Pali: katara
- Prakrit: 𑀓𑀬𑀭 (kayara)
See also
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “कतर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 246, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 293-4
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “katará”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 135
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “katara”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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