चतुराई

Hindi

Etymology

From चतुर (catur, “shrewd”) +‎ -आई (-āī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.t̪ʊ.ɾɑː.iː/, [t͡ʃɐ.t̪ʊ.ɾäː.iː]

Noun

चतुराई • (caturāī) f

1. shrewdness, cleverness, acumen

   Synonyms: चतुरता (caturtā), होशियारी (hośiyārī)

2. skill, dexterity

   Synonym: दक्षता (dakṣatā)

3. cunning, guile

   Synonym: चालाकी (cālākī)

   राजनीतिक चतुराई ― rājnītik caturāī ― political cunning

Declension

Declension of चतुराई (fem ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चतुराई caturāī	चतुराइयाँ caturāiyā̃
oblique	चतुराई caturāī	चतुराइयों caturāiyõ
vocative	चतुराई caturāī	चतुराइयो caturāiyo

Derived terms

• चतुराईपूर्वक

References

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