चतुर्
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
Numeral edit
चतुर् (catur)
- Devanagari script form of catur (“four”)
Declension edit
Declension table of "चतुर्" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | चत्तारो (cattāro) or चतुरो (caturo) |
| Accusative (second) | चत्तारो (cattāro) or चतुरो (caturo) |
| Instrumental (third) | चतूहि (catūhi) or चतुहि (catuhi) or चतुब्भि (catubbhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | चतुन्नं (catunnaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | चतूहि (catūhi) or चतुहि (catuhi) or चतुब्भि (catubbhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | चतुन्नं (catunnaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | चतूसु (catūsu) or चतुसु (catusu) |
Declension table of "चतुर्" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | चतस्सो (catasso) |
| Accusative (second) | चतस्सो (catasso) |
| Instrumental (third) | चतूहि (catūhi) or चतुहि (catuhi) or चतुब्भि (catubbhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | चतस्सन्नं (catassannaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | चतूहि (catūhi) or चतुहि (catuhi) or चतुब्भि (catubbhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | चतस्सन्नं (catassannaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | चतूसु (catūsu) or चतुसु (catusu) |
Declension table of "चतुर्" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | चत्तारि (cattāri) |
| Accusative (second) | चत्तारि (cattāri) |
| Instrumental (third) | चतूहि (catūhi) or चतुहि (catuhi) or चतुब्भि (catubbhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | चतुन्नं (catunnaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | चतूहि (catūhi) or चतुहि (catuhi) or चतुब्भि (catubbhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | चतुन्नं (catunnaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | चतूसु (catūsu) or चतुसु (catusu) |
Sanskrit edit
| 40 | ||
| ← 3 | ४ 4 |
5 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: चतुर् (catur) Ordinal: चतुर्थ (caturtha), तुरीय (turīya) Adverbial: चतुस् (catus) | ||
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- চতুৰ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬢᬸᬃ (Balinese script)
- চতুর্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰝𑰲𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀢𑀼𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- စတုရ် (Burmese script)
- ચતુર્ (Gujarati script)
- ਚਤੁਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦠꦸꦂ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂞𑂳𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಚತುರ್ (Kannada script)
- ចតុរ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຈຕຸຣ຺ (Lao script)
- ചതുര് (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᢠᡠᡵ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘝𑘳𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᢐᠤᠷ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑦽𑧔𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐟𑐸𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଚତୁର୍ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢡꢸꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆠𑆶𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖝𑖲𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
- චතුර් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩫𑩒𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚙𑚰𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
- சதுர் (Tamil script)
- చతుర్ (Telugu script)
- จตุรฺ (Thai script)
- ཙ་ཏུ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒞𑒳𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨙𑨃𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Cognate with Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬚𐬡𐬀𐬭 (caθβar), Old Armenian չորք (čʻorkʻ), Lithuanian keturi, Old Church Slavonic четꙑре (četyre), Latin quattuor, Old English feower (whence English four).
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
चतुर् • (cátur)
- (cardinal numbers) four
Declension edit
| Masculine declension | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | — | ||
| Gen. sg. | — | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | — | — | चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) |
| Vocative | — | — | चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) |
| Accusative | — | — | चतुरः (caturaḥ) |
| Instrumental | — | — | चतुर्भिः (caturbhiḥ) |
| Dative | — | — | चतुर्भ्यः (caturbhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | — | — | चतुर्भ्यः (caturbhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | — | — | चतुर्णाम् (caturṇām) |
| Locative | — | — | चतुर्षु (caturṣu) |
| Feminine declension | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | — | ||
| Gen. sg. | — | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | — | — | चतस्रः (catasraḥ) |
| Vocative | — | — | चतस्रः (catasraḥ) |
| Accusative | — | — | चतस्रः (catasraḥ) |
| Instrumental | — | — | चतसृभिः (catasṛbhiḥ) |
| Dative | — | — | चतसृभ्यः (catasṛbhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | — | — | चतसृभ्यः (catasṛbhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | — | — | चतसृणाम् (catasṛṇām) |
| Locative | — | — | चतसृषु (catasṛṣu) |
| Neuter declension | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | — | ||
| Gen. sg. | — | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | — | — | चत्वारि (catvāri) |
| Vocative | — | — | चत्वारि (catvāri) |
| Accusative | — | — | चत्वारि (catvāri) |
| Instrumental | — | — | चतुर्भिः (caturbhiḥ) |
| Dative | — | — | चतुर्भ्यः (caturbhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | — | — | चतुर्भ्यः (caturbhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | — | — | चतुर्णाम् (caturṇām) |
| Locative | — | — | चतुर्षु (caturṣu) |
Descendants edit
All inherited descendants point to चत्वारस् (catvāras), the nominative plural form of चतुर् (catur).
- Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀭𑁄 (catpāro) (Girnar)
- Pali: catur
- → Thai: จัตวา
- → Burmese: စတုတ္ထ (ca.tuthta.)
- → Malay: catur
- Indonesian: catur
- Prakrit: 𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀭𑁄 (cattāro), 𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀭𑀺 (cattāri); 𑀘𑀉𑀭𑁄 (caüro)