कायर
Hindi
editEtymology
editInherited from Sanskrit कातर (kātara). Cognate with Punjabi ਕਾਇਰ (kāira) / کائر (kāira), Gujarati કાયર (kāyar), Sindhi कांइरु / ڪَانئِرُ (kā̃iru).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editकायर • (kāyar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کایر)
Noun
editकायर • (kāyar) m (Urdu spelling کایر)
Declension
editDeclension of कायर (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms
edit- कायरता (kāyartā)
- कायरतापूर्ण (kāyartāpūrṇ)
- कायरपन (kāyarpan)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कायर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kātara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press