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kattar

Contents
English
Etymology
Adjective
Derived terms
Related terms
Faroese
Pronunciation
Noun
Icelandic
Noun
Maltese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
Conjugation
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
Declension
References

English

Etymology

From Hindi क र (kaṭṭar, “strict, rigid”).

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Adjective

kattar (comparative more kattar, superlative most kattar)

1. (India, religion, Hinduism, slang) strict, rigid,fundamentalist, especially in terms of religious

belief [quotations ▼]

Derived terms

kattar Hindu (a strict Hindu)

Related terms

bhakt, sanghi (usually used towards traditionalist Hindus with nationalist views)
Sanatani (a traditionalist or conservative Hindu)

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈkʰaʰtːaɹ/

Noun

kattar

1. genitive singular of køttur

Icelandic

Noun

kattar

1. indefinite genitive singular of köttur

Maltese

Etymology
َ
From Arabic ‫( ﻛَﱠﺜﺮ‬kaṯṯara).

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Pronunciation
Root
IPA(key): /ˈkat.tar/ k-t-r

7 terms

Verb

kattar (imperfect jkattar, past participle mkattar, verbal noun tkattir or taktir)

1. (transitive) to multiply, make more

Conjugation

Conjugation of kattar [less ▲]

singular plural

1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person

m kattar
perfect kattart kattart kattarna kattartu kattru
f kattret

m jkattar
imperfect nkattar tkattar nkattru tkattru jkattru
f tkattar

imperative kattar kattru

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kattar m pl

1. indefinite plural of katt

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms [hide ▲]

𑀓 𑀭 𑁆 (Brahmi script)
क र् (Devanagari script)
কত্তর্ (Bengali script)
කත්ත (Sinhalese script)

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ကတရ် or ၵတရ် or ၵတ်တရ် (Burmese script)

กตฺตรฺ or กัตตัร (Thai script)

(Tai Tham script)
ກຕ ຕຣ or ກັຕຕັຣ (Lao script)
កតរ (Khmer script)
𑄇𑄖
𑄴 𑄖𑄢𑄴 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit कतृ (kartṛ). Grammatically, the agent noun of karoti (“to do”).

Noun

kattar m

1. doer, actor; maker

2. (grammar) the subject, taking on the nominative case

Declension
Declension table of "kattar" (masculine) [hide ▲]

Case \ Number Singular Plural

Nominative (first) kattā kattāro or kattā
Accusative (second) kattāraṃ or kattaraṃ kattāro or kattāre
Instrumental (third) kattarā or kattārā or kattunā kattārehi or kattārebhi
Dative (fourth) kattu or kattussa or kattuno kattānaṃ or kattārānaṃ or kattūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth) kattarā or kattārā or kattunā kattārehi or kattārebhi
Genitive (sixth) kattu or kattussa or kattuno kattānaṃ or kattārānaṃ or kattūnaṃ
Locative (seventh) kattari kattāresu or kattūsu
Vocative (calling) katta or kattā kattāro or kattā

References

Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “kattar (https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/pali_query.py?qs=

kattar&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact)”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead

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