कायरता

Hindi

Etymology

कायर (kāyar) +‎ -ता (-tā)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɑː.jəɾ.t̪ɑː/, [käː.jɐɾ.t̪äː]

Noun

कायरता • (kāyartā) f

1. cowardice, timidity

Declension

Declension of कायरता (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कायरता kāyartā	कायरताएँ kāyartāẽ
oblique	कायरता kāyartā	कायरताओं kāyartāõ
vocative	कायरता kāyartā	कायरताओ kāyartāo

Derived terms

• कायरतापूर्ण (kāyartāpūrṇ)

References

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