kattar

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

kattar (comparative more kattar, superlative most kattar)

1. (India, religion, Hinduism) 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

• kattar Hindu (a strict Hindu)

Related terms

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

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaʰtːaɹ/

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat.tar/

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 scripts

• 𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• कत्तर् (Devanagari script)
• কত্তর্ (Bengali script)
• කත‍්තර් (Sinhalese script)
• ကတ္တရ် or ၵတ္တရ် or ၵတ်တရ် (Burmese script)
• กตฺตรฺ or กัตตัร (Thai script)
• ᨠᨲ᩠ᨲᩁ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຕ຺ຕຣ຺ or ກັຕຕັຣ (Lao script)
• កត្តរ៑ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄢𑄴 (Chakma script)

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

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kattā	kattāro or kattā
Accusative (second)	kattāraṃ or kattaraṃ	kattāro or kattāre
Instrumental (third)	kattarā or kattārā or kattunā	kattārehi or kattārebhi
Dative (fourth)	kattu or kattussa or kattuno	kattānaṃ or kattārānaṃ or kattūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kattarā or kattārā or kattunā	kattārehi or kattārebhi
Genitive (sixth)	kattu or kattussa or kattuno	kattānaṃ or kattārānaṃ or kattūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kattari	kattāresu or kattūsu
Vocative (calling)	katta or kattā	kattāro or kattā

Declension table of "kattar" (masculine)

References

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