करतूत

Hindi

Etymology

Perhaps from Sanskrit कर्तव्यता (kartavyatā), from the root कृ (kṛ, “to do”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kəɾ.t̪uːt̪/, [kɐɾ.t̪uːt̪]

Noun

करतूत • (kartūt) f (Urdu spelling کرتوت)

1. (mis)deed, action

Declension

Declension of करतूत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	करतूत kartūt	करतूतें kartūtẽ
oblique	करतूत kartūt	करतूतों kartūtõ
vocative	करतूत kartūt	करतूतो kartūto

References

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