कुत्र
See also: क़तर, कतर, कुत्रा, and कुत्री
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुत्र (kútra).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kʊt̪.ɾᵊ/
Adverb
कुत्र • (kutra) (Urdu spelling کتره)
- (rare, formal) where
References
- Platts, John T. (1884), “कुत्र”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬓᬸᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- কুত্ৰ (Assamese script)
- কুত্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰲𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌕𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- કુત્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਕੁਤੑਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦏꦸꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
- កុត្រ (Khmer script)
- ಕುತ್ರ (Kannada script)
- ກຸຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- കുത്ര (Malayalam script)
- 𑘎𑘳𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠤᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᡬᡠᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- ကုတြ (Burmese script)
- 𑦮𑧔𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐸𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- କୁତ୍ର (Oriya script)
- ꢒꢸꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆶𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖲𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- කුත්ර (Sinhalese script)
- కుత్ర (Telugu script)
- กุตฺร (Thai script)
- ཀུ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒳𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kútra, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kútra, from *kú + *-tra; equivalent to कू (kū, “where”) + -त्र (-tra). The first element is from dialectal Proto-Indo-European *kʷú (“where”), formed from the interrogative pronoun stem *kʷ- as in *kʷos, *kʷis. Cognates include Latin necubi, ubi, Avestan 𐬐𐬎𐬛𐬁 (kudā, “where”), 𐬐𐬏 (kū, “where”), Cretan Greek ὀπυι (ὀpyi, “whither”), Albanian ku (“where”), Lithuanian kur̃ (“where”). The suffix is also found in तत्र (tátra), यत्र (yátra), and अत्र (átra), and is from Proto-Indo-European *-trom.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kút.ɾɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkut̪.ɾɐ/
Adverb
कुत्र • (kútra)
- where, whereto, wherefore
Descendants
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: कुत्र (kutra)
- Urdu: کتره (kutra)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “कुत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 290.