kattar

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English

Etymology

From Hindi कट्टर (kaṭṭar, “strict, rigid”).

Adjective

kattar (comparative more kattar, superlative most kattar)

  1. (India, religion, Hinduism, slang) strict, rigid,fundamentalist, especially in terms of religious belief
    • 2022, Outlook India
      "And even the announcement of Delhi’s own Board of Education came with one of the avowed aims being making students “kattar deshbhakt” (staunch patriots)."

Derived terms

Related terms

  • bhakt, sanghi (usually used towards traditionalist Hindus with nationalist views)
  • Sanatani (a traditionalist or conservative Hindu)

Faroese

Pronunciation

Noun

kattar

  1. genitive singular of køttur

Icelandic

Noun

kattar

  1. indefinite genitive singular of köttur

Maltese

Root
k-t-r
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic كَثَّرَ (kaṯṯara).

Pronunciation

Verb

kattar (imperfect jkattar, past participle mkattar, verbal noun tkattir or taktir)

  1. (transitive) to multiply, make more

Conjugation

    Conjugation of kattar
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m kattart kattart kattar kattarna kattartu kattru
f kattret
imperfect m nkattar tkattar jkattar nkattru tkattru jkattru
f tkattar
imperative kattar kattru

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kattar m pl

  1. indefinite plural of katt

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit कर्तृ (kartṛ). Grammatically, the agent noun of karoti (“to do”).

Noun

kattar m

  1. doer, actor; maker
  2. (grammar) the subject, taking on the nominative case

Declension

Declension table of "kattar" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kattākattāro or kattā
Accusative (second)kattāraṃ or kattaraṃkattāro or kattāre
Instrumental (third)kattarā or kattārā or kattunākattārehi or kattārebhi
Dative (fourth)kattu or kattussa or kattunokattānaṃ or kattārānaṃ or kattūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kattarā or kattārā or kattunākattārehi or kattārebhi
Genitive (sixth)kattu or kattussa or kattunokattānaṃ or kattārānaṃ or kattūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)kattarikattāresu or kattūsu
Vocative (calling)katta or kattākattāro or kattā

References

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kattar”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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