કાતર

See also: કાતરી, કૂતરું, and કૂતરો

Gujarati

કાતર (kātar, “scissors”)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀭𑀻 (kattarī), from Sanskrit કર્તરી (kartarī). Cognate with Kachchi કતર (katar), Marathi कात्री (kātrī), Dhivehi ކަތުރު (katuru), and Sinhalese කතුර (katura).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.t̪əɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ
• Hyphenation: કા‧તર

Noun

કાતર • (kātar) f

1. scissors

   Synonym: કેંચી (keñcī)

2. shears

Derived terms

• કાતરણી (kātarṇī)
• કાતરવું (kātarvũ)
• કાતરી (kātrī)

 

Descendants

• →? Lahnda: کاتَر (kātar, “shears”)

Further reading

More information

• “કાતર”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “કાતર”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kartari”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 145