कटाह

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

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.

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

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

कटाह • (kaṭāha) stem, m

1. a cot

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

कटाह • (kaṭāha) stem, m

1. a young female buffalo whose horns are just appearing

• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀟𑀸𑀳 (kaḍāha)

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

• 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]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 48
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 142-143