કથીર

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कस्तीर (kastīra), from Ancient Greek κασσίτερος (kassíteros, “tin”), perhaps via an Arabic قَصْدِير (qaṣdīr) intermediary.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈkə.t̪ʰiɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Hyphenation: ક‧થીર

Noun

કથીર • (kathīr) n

1. pewter, trifle
2. (figurative) worthless, useless thing

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kastīra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 152