कटाह

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কটাহ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬝᬵᬳ (Balinese script)
• কটাহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰘𑰯𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀝𑀸𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• ကဋာဟ (Burmese script)
• કટાહ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਟਾਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌟𑌾𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦛꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂗𑂰𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಟಾಹ (Kannada script)
• កដាហ (Khmer script)
• ກຏາຫ (Lao script)
• കടാഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᢞᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘘𑘰𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢌᠠᢗᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑦸𑧑𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐚𑐵𑐴 (Newa script)
• କଟାହ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢜꢵꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆛𑆳𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖘𑖯𑖮 (Siddham script)
• කටාහ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩦𑩛𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚔𑚭𑚩 (Takri script)
• கடாஹ (Tamil script)
• కటాహ (Telugu script)
• กฏาห (Thai script)
• ཀ་ཊཱ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒙𑒰𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨔𑨊𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ʈɑː.ɦɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʈɑː.ɦɐ/

Etymology 1

The origin is unknown. Possibly related to करट (karaṭa, “an elephant's temple”); however, this is likely coincidence, as the original meaning seems to be "pan, boiler". Dravidian comparanda such as Tamil கடாரம் (kaṭāram, “cauldron”) may be borrowed from Indo-Aryan.

Noun

कटाह • (kaṭāha) stem, m

1. a frying pan
2. a boiler, caldron, saucepan (of a semi-spheroidal shape and with handles)
3. a turtle's shell
4. anything shaped like a caldron (such as the temple of an elephant)
5. a well
6. a winnowing basket
7. a mound of earth
8. hell, the infernal regions

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कटाह (kaṭāha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कटाहः kaṭāhaḥ	कटाहौ / कटाहा¹ kaṭāhau / kaṭāhā¹	कटाहाः / कटाहासः¹ kaṭāhāḥ / kaṭāhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कटाह kaṭāha	कटाहौ / कटाहा¹ kaṭāhau / kaṭāhā¹	कटाहाः / कटाहासः¹ kaṭāhāḥ / kaṭāhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कटाहम् kaṭāham	कटाहौ / कटाहा¹ kaṭāhau / kaṭāhā¹	कटाहान् kaṭāhān
Instrumental	कटाहेन kaṭāhena	कटाहाभ्याम् kaṭāhābhyām	कटाहैः / कटाहेभिः¹ kaṭāhaiḥ / kaṭāhebhiḥ¹
Dative	कटाहाय kaṭāhāya	कटाहाभ्याम् kaṭāhābhyām	कटाहेभ्यः kaṭāhebhyaḥ
Ablative	कटाहात् kaṭāhāt	कटाहाभ्याम् kaṭāhābhyām	कटाहेभ्यः kaṭāhebhyaḥ
Genitive	कटाहस्य kaṭāhasya	कटाहयोः kaṭāhayoḥ	कटाहानाम् kaṭāhānām
Locative	कटाहे kaṭāhe	कटाहयोः kaṭāhayoḥ	कटाहेषु kaṭāheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Etymology 2

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps related to Etymology 1 above. Alternatively, from the same Dravidian source as खट्वा (khaṭvā, “bedstead, cot”).

Noun

कटाह • (kaṭāha) stem, m

1. a cot

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कटाह (kaṭāha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कटाहः kaṭāhaḥ	कटाहौ / कटाहा¹ kaṭāhau / kaṭāhā¹	कटाहाः / कटाहासः¹ kaṭāhāḥ / kaṭāhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कटाह kaṭāha	कटाहौ / कटाहा¹ kaṭāhau / kaṭāhā¹	कटाहाः / कटाहासः¹ kaṭāhāḥ / kaṭāhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कटाहम् kaṭāham	कटाहौ / कटाहा¹ kaṭāhau / kaṭāhā¹	कटाहान् kaṭāhān
Instrumental	कटाहेन kaṭāhena	कटाहाभ्याम् kaṭāhābhyām	कटाहैः / कटाहेभिः¹ kaṭāhaiḥ / kaṭāhebhiḥ¹
Dative	कटाहाय kaṭāhāya	कटाहाभ्याम् kaṭāhābhyām	कटाहेभ्यः kaṭāhebhyaḥ
Ablative	कटाहात् kaṭāhāt	कटाहाभ्याम् kaṭāhābhyām	कटाहेभ्यः kaṭāhebhyaḥ
Genitive	कटाहस्य kaṭāhasya	कटाहयोः kaṭāhayoḥ	कटाहानाम् kaṭāhānām
Locative	कटाहे kaṭāhe	कटाहयोः kaṭāhayoḥ	कटाहेषु kaṭāheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Etymology 3

Probably borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Tamil கடவு (kaṭavu, “male of sheep or goat”), Kannada ಕಡಸು (kaḍasu, “young cow that had not yet calved”).

Noun

कटाह • (kaṭāha) stem, m

1. a young female buffalo whose horns are just appearing

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कटाह (kaṭāha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कटाहः kaṭāhaḥ	कटाहौ / कटाहा¹ kaṭāhau / kaṭāhā¹	कटाहाः / कटाहासः¹ kaṭāhāḥ / kaṭāhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कटाह kaṭāha	कटाहौ / कटाहा¹ kaṭāhau / kaṭāhā¹	कटाहाः / कटाहासः¹ kaṭāhāḥ / kaṭāhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कटाहम् kaṭāham	कटाहौ / कटाहा¹ kaṭāhau / kaṭāhā¹	कटाहान् kaṭāhān
Instrumental	कटाहेन kaṭāhena	कटाहाभ्याम् kaṭāhābhyām	कटाहैः / कटाहेभिः¹ kaṭāhaiḥ / kaṭāhebhiḥ¹
Dative	कटाहाय kaṭāhāya	कटाहाभ्याम् kaṭāhābhyām	कटाहेभ्यः kaṭāhebhyaḥ
Ablative	कटाहात् kaṭāhāt	कटाहाभ्याम् kaṭāhābhyām	कटाहेभ्यः kaṭāhebhyaḥ
Genitive	कटाहस्य kaṭāhasya	कटाहयोः kaṭāhayoḥ	कटाहानाम् kaṭāhānām
Locative	कटाहे kaṭāhe	कटाहयोः kaṭāhayoḥ	कटाहेषु kaṭāheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀟𑀸𑀳 (kaḍāha)

  Hindi: कड़ाही (kaṛāhī, “karahi, frying pan”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कटाह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 243/3.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कटाह”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 48
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 142-143