कोटर

कोटर

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit कोटर (koṭara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koː.ʈəɾ/

Noun

कोटर • (koṭar) m

1. an antrum, a cavity

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कोटर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐw.ʈɐ.ɽɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.ʈɐ.ɽɐ/

Noun

कोटर • (koṭara) m

1. a hole

   अस्मिन् वृक्षकोटारे ऽद्य रात्रौ प्रविश्य अदृश्यीभूया स्थीयताम्।

   asmin vṛkṣakoṭāre ’dya rātrau praviśya adṛśyībhūyā sthīyatām.

   Enter this treehole tonight, become invisible in it and wait.

2. a cavity
3. a cave

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “कोटर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0312.