कर्तरि

Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root कृत् (kṛt) +‎ -अरि (-ari), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-t-, an extension of *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.tɐ.ɾi/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐɾ.t̪ɐ.ɾi/
• Hyphenation: कर्‧त‧रि

Noun

कर्तरि • (kartari) stem, f

1. scissors, knife

Declension

Derived terms

• कर्तरीक (kartarīka)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Shumashti: kātar
• Pali: kattarĭ̄, katarnī
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀭𑀻 (kattarī)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: katarnī
        • Hindi: कतरनी
        • Urdu: کَتَرنِی (katarnī)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Odia: କତ୍ରି (kôtri), କତରି (kôtôri), କଟରୁଣି (kôṭôruṇi)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Kumaoni: कतरणी (katarṇī)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: कतरनि (katarani)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi:
          • Lahnda: کتار (kātar)
      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: katari, katara

          Arabic script: ڪَتَرِ, ڪَتَرَ

          Devanagari script: कतरि, कतर

          • Kachchi: કતર (katar)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ކަތުރު (katuru)
      • Sinhalese: කතුර (katura)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Konkani: kātrī

        Devanagari script: कात्री (kātrī)

        Latin script: catri

        Kannada script: ಕಾತ್ರೀ

      • Marathi: कातर (kātar), कात्री (kātrī)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: કાતર (kātar), કાતરણી (kātarṇī)
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀭𑀺𑀅 (kattaria)
  • Dardic:
    • Kashmiri: کَتَرُن (katarun)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: katarnā
        • Hindi: कतरना
        • Urdu: کَتَرنَہ
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Odia: କଟୁରୀବା (kôṭuriba)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: कत्रनु (katranu)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: katarṇā

          Gurmukhi script: ਕਤਰਣਾ

          Shahmukhi script: کَتَرݨَا

          • Lahnda: کترݨ (katraṇ)
      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: katiraṇu

          Arabic script: ڪَتِرَڻُ

          Devanagari script: कतिरणु

  • Southern:
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: कातरणे (kātarṇe)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: કાતરવું (kātarvũ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कर्तरि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 257/3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kartari”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 145