kattar
English
Etymology
From Hindi कट्टर (kaṭṭar, “strict, rigid”).
Adjective
kattar (comparative more kattar, superlative most kattar)
- (India, religion, Hinduism, slang) strict, rigid, orthodox, fundamentalist, especially in terms of religious belief
- 2022, Outlook India
- "And even the announcement of Delhi’s own Board of Education came with one of the avowed aims being making students “kattar deshbhakt” (staunch patriots)."
- 2022, Outlook India
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
- genitive singular of køttur
Icelandic
Noun
kattar
- indefinite genitive singular of köttur
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| k-t-r |
| 7 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic كَثَّرَ (kaṯṯara).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkat.tar/
Verb
kattar (imperfect jkattar, past participle mkattar, verbal noun tkattir or taktir)
- (transitive) to multiply, make more
Conjugation
| Conjugation of kattar | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | kattart | kattart | kattar | kattarna | kattartu | kattru | |
| f | kattret | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nkattar | tkattar | jkattar | nkattru | tkattru | jkattru | |
| f | tkattar | |||||||
| imperative | kattar | kattru | ||||||
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
kattar m pl
- indefinite plural of katt
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- कत्तर् (Devanagari script)
- কত্তর্ (Bengali script)
- කත්තර් (Sinhalese script)
- ကတ္တရ် or ၵတ္တရ် or ၵတ်တရ် (Burmese script)
- กตฺตรฺ or กัตตัร (Thai script)
- ᨠᨲ᩠ᨲᩁ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
- ກຕ຺ຕຣ຺ or ກັຕຕັຣ (Lao script)
- កត្តរ៑ (Khmer script)
Etymology
From Sanskrit कर्तृ (kartṛ). Grammatically, the agent noun of karoti (“to do”).
Noun
kattar m
- doer, actor; maker
- (grammar) the subject, taking on the nominative case
Declension
Declension table of "kattar" (masculine)
| 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”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead