कोटर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कोटर (koṭara).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /koː.ʈəɾ/, [koː.ʈɐɾ]

Noun

कोटर • (koṭar) m

1. an antrum, a cavity

Declension

Declension of कोटर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कोटर koṭar	कोटर koṭar
oblique	कोटर koṭar	कोटरों koṭarõ
vocative	कोटर koṭar	कोटरो koṭaro

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कोटर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কোটৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᭀᬝᬭ (Balinese script)
• কোটর (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰺𑰘𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁄𑀝𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ကောဋရ (Burmese script)
• કોટર (Gujarati script)
• ਕੋਟਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍋𑌟𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦺꦴꦛꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂷𑂗𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಕೋಟರ (Kannada script)
• កោដរ (Khmer script)
• ໂກຏຣ (Lao script)
• കോടര (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠣᢞᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘻𑘘𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠣᠸᠠᢌᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧜𑦸𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑀𑐚𑐬 (Newa script)
• କୋଟର (Odia script)
• ꢒꣂꢜꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆾𑆛𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖺𑖘𑖨 (Siddham script)
• කොටර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩕𑩦𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚴𑚔𑚤 (Takri script)
• கோடர (Tamil script)
• కోటర (Telugu script)
• โกฏร (Thai script)
• ཀོ་ཊ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒼𑒙𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨆𑨔𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐw.ʈɐ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.ʈɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

कोटर • (koṭara) stem, m

1. a hole

   अस्मिन् वृक्षकोटारे ऽद्य रात्रौ प्रविश्य अदृश्यीभूया स्थीयताम्।

   asmin vṛkṣakoṭāre ʼdya rātrau praviśya adṛśyībhūyā sthīyatām.

   Enter this treehole tonight, become invisible in it and wait.

2. a cavity
3. a cave

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कोटर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0312.