कुटिल
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कुटिल (kuṭila, “crooked”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʊ.ʈɪl/
Adjective
कुटिल • (kuṭil)
- crooked
- Synonym: टेढ़ा (ṭeṛhā)
- devious, cynical, untrustworthy
Sanskrit
Etymology
From कुटि (kuṭi, “a curvature, a bend”)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ku.ʈi.l̪ɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈku.ʈi.l̪ɐ/
Adjective
कुटिल • (kuṭila)
- dishonest
- कुटिलयाचना ― kuṭilayācanā ― a dishonest request
- crooked, bent
- Synonym: कुटिक (kuṭika)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “कुटिल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 288.