catur

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Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin captāre, possibly via Venetian catar on both semantic grounds (both mean 'find') and phonological (Dalmatian lacks the expected /p/; cf. sapto < Latin septem).

Verb

catur

  1. to find

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Indonesian cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : catur

From Malay catur, from Sanskrit चतुर् (catur), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃa.tur/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧tur

Numeral

catur

  1. four
Alternative forms
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Malay catur, from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga), related to etymology 1.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃa.tur/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧tur

Noun

catur (first-person possessive caturku, second-person possessive caturmu, third-person possessive caturnya)

  1. (sports) chess (two-player board game)
    synonym: sekak
  2. dialogue

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

catur

  1. Romanization of ꦕꦠꦸꦂ

Malay

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Malay cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : catur

From Sanskrit चतुर् (catur), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Numeral

catur (Jawi spelling چاتور)

  1. four
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga), related to etymology 1.

Noun

catur (Jawi spelling چاتور, informal 1st possessive caturku, 2nd possessive caturmu, 3rd possessive caturnya)

  1. chess (two-player board game)
Descendants
  • Indonesian: catur
  • Maguindanao: satol
  • Maranao: sator
  • Tagalog: satol

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit चतुर् (catur, four).

Numeral

catur

  1. four

Noun

catur

  1. a type of chess

Derived terms

Descendants

Pali

Pali cardinal numbers
 <  3 4 5  > 
    Cardinal : catur
    Ordinal : catuttha

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चतुर् (catur).

Numeral

catur

  1. four

Declension

Derived terms