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[1]
      "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)."
  • 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

    Inherited from Arabic كَثَّرَ (kaṯṯara).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkat.tar/
    • Rhymes: -attar

    Verb

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

    1. (transitive) to multiply, make more

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of kattar (Form II, sound)
    positive forms
    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
    negative forms
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    perfect m kattartx kattartx kattarx kattarniex kattartux kattrux
    f kattritx
    imperfect m nkattarx tkattarx jkattarx nkattrux tkattrux jkattrux
    f tkattarx
    imperative tkattarx tkattrux

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Noun

    kattar m pl

    1. indefinite plural of katt

    Pali

    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

    References

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