चातुर्य

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चातुर्य (cāturya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑː.t̪ʊɾ.jᵊ/, [t͡ʃäː.t̪ʊɾ.jᵊ]

Noun

चातुर्य • (cāturya) m

1. (rare, formal) cleverness, ability, shrewdness, skilfulness, dexterity

Declension

Declension of चातुर्य (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चातुर्य cāturya	चातुर्य cāturya
oblique	चातुर्य cāturya	चातुर्यों cāturyõ
vocative	चातुर्य cāturya	चातुर्यो cāturyo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चातुर्य”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चातुर्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “चातुर्य”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চাতুৰ্য (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬵᬢᬸᬃᬬ (Balinese script)
• চাতুর্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰯𑰝𑰲𑰨𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀸𑀢𑀼𑀭𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• စာတုရျ (Burmese script)
• ચાતુર્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਚਾਤੁਰੑਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌾𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦴꦠꦸꦫꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂰𑂞𑂳𑂩𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಾತುರ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• ចាតុយ៌ (Khmer script)
• ຈາຕຸຣ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• ചാതുര്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡠᡵᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘰𑘝𑘳𑘨𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠠᢗᢐᠤᠷᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧑𑦽𑧔𑧈𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐵𑐟𑐸𑐬𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଚାତୁର୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢵꢡꢸꢬ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆳𑆠𑆶𑆫𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖯𑖝𑖲𑖨𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• චාතුර්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩛𑩫𑩒𑩼 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚭𑚙𑚰𑚤𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• சாதுர்ய (Tamil script)
• చాతుర్య (Telugu script)
• จาตุรฺย (Thai script)
• ཙཱ་ཏུ་རྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒰𑒞𑒳𑒩𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨊𑨙𑨃𑨫𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vrddhi derivative of चतुर (catura) with a -य (-ya) extension.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɑː.tuɾ.jɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɑːˈt̪uɾ.jɐ/

Noun

चातुर्य • (cāturya) stem, n

1. skill, cleverness, dexterity, shrewdness
2. loveliness, amiableness, beauty

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of चातुर्य (cāturya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चातुर्यम् cāturyam	चातुर्ये cāturye	चातुर्याणि / चातुर्या¹ cāturyāṇi / cāturyā¹
Vocative	चातुर्य cāturya	चातुर्ये cāturye	चातुर्याणि / चातुर्या¹ cāturyāṇi / cāturyā¹
Accusative	चातुर्यम् cāturyam	चातुर्ये cāturye	चातुर्याणि / चातुर्या¹ cāturyāṇi / cāturyā¹
Instrumental	चातुर्येण cāturyeṇa	चातुर्याभ्याम् cāturyābhyām	चातुर्यैः / चातुर्येभिः¹ cāturyaiḥ / cāturyebhiḥ¹
Dative	चातुर्याय cāturyāya	चातुर्याभ्याम् cāturyābhyām	चातुर्येभ्यः cāturyebhyaḥ
Ablative	चातुर्यात् cāturyāt	चातुर्याभ्याम् cāturyābhyām	चातुर्येभ्यः cāturyebhyaḥ
Genitive	चातुर्यस्य cāturyasya	चातुर्ययोः cāturyayoḥ	चातुर्याणाम् cāturyāṇām
Locative	चातुर्ये cāturye	चातुर्ययोः cāturyayoḥ	चातुर्येषु cāturyeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चातुर्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 392.