कुत्र

See also: क़तर, कतर, कुत्रा, and कुत्री

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुत्र (kútra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʊt̪.ɾᵊ/

Adverb

कुत्र • (kutra) (Urdu spelling کتره)

1. (rare, formal) where

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “कुत्र”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কুত্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬸᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• কুত্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰲𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ကုတြ (Burmese script)
• કુત્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਕੁਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦸꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂳𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಕುತ್ರ (Kannada script)
• កុត្រ (Khmer script)
• ກຸຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• കുത്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡠᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘳𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠤᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧔𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐸𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• କୁତ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢒꢸꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆶𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖲𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• කුත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩒𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚰𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• குத்ர (Tamil script)
• కుత్ర (Telugu script)
• กุตฺร (Thai script)
• ཀུ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒳𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨃𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kútra, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kútra, from *kú +‎ *-tra; equivalent to कू (kū, “where”) +‎ -त्र (-tra). The first element is from dialectal Proto-Indo-European *kʷú (“where”), formed from the interrogative pronoun stem *kʷ- as in *kʷos, *kʷis. Cognates include Latin necubi, ubi, Avestan 𐬐𐬎𐬛𐬁 (kudā, “where”), 𐬐𐬏 (kū, “where”), Cretan Greek ὀπυι (opui, “whither”), Albanian ku (“where”), Lithuanian kur̃ (“where”). The suffix is also found in तत्र (tátra), यत्र (yátra), and अत्र (átra), and is from Proto-Indo-European *-trom.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kút.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkut̪.ɾɐ/

Adverb

कुत्र • (kútra)

1. where, whereto, wherefore

Descendants

• Bengali: কোথায় (kōthaẏ)
• Marathi: कुठे (kuṭhe)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: कुत्र (kutra)
  • Urdu: کتره (kutra)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कुत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 290.