Marathi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian قتل (qatl), from Arabic قَتْل (qatl).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kət̪.t̪əl/
  • Hyphenation: क‧त्तल
  • Rhymes: -əl

Noun

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कत्तल (kattalf

  1. slaughter, massacre
  2. chopping

Further reading

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  • Berntsen, Maxine, “कत्तल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 20.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कत्तल, कतल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 132
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “कत्तल”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 570.

Varhadi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian قتل (qatl), from Arabic قَتْل (qatl).

Noun

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कत्तल (kattalf

  1. slaughter, massacre
  2. chopping
    चंगल्या शाबूत ढोराईची कत्तल होते बावा आपल्याकडे.
    caṅglyā śābūt ḍhorāīcī kattal hote bāvā āplyākaḍe.

Further reading

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  • विठ्ठल वाघ [Vitthal Wagh], रावसाहेब काळे [Raosaheb Kale] (2021) “कत्तल”, in वऱ्हाडी शब्दकोश [Varhadi Dictionary] (in Marathi), volume 1, एल्फिन्स्टन तांत्रिक विद्यालय इमारत, ३, महापालिका मार्ग, धोबीतलाव, मुंबई ४०० ००१ [Elphinstone Tantrik Vidyalaya Building, 3, Mahapalika Marg, Dhobi Talao, Mumbai 400 001]: राज्य मराठी विकास संस्था [Rajya Marathi Vikas Sanstha], →ISBN, page 74, column 1.