English

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Etymology

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From Hindi कट्टर (kaṭṭar, strict, rigid).

Adjective

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kattar (comparative more kattar, superlative most kattar)

  1. (India, religion, Hinduism) strict, rigid, fundamentalist, especially in terms of religious belief
    • 2022, Outlook India[1]
      "And even the announcement of Delhi’s own Board of Education came with one of the avowed aims being making students “kattar deshbhakt” (staunch patriots)."

Derived terms

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  • bhakt, sanghi (usually used towards traditionalist Hindus with nationalist views)
  • Sanatani (a traditionalist or conservative Hindu)

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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kattar

  1. genitive singular of køttur

Icelandic

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Noun

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kattar

  1. indefinite genitive singular of köttur

Maltese

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Root
k-t-r
7 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic كَثَّرَ (kaṯṯara).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kattar (imperfect jkattar, past participle mkattar, verbal noun tkattir or taktir)

  1. (transitive) to multiply, make more

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of kattar
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m kattart kattart kattar kattarna kattartu kattru
f kattret
imperfect m nkattar tkattar jkattar nkattru tkattru jkattru
f tkattar
imperative kattar kattru

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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kattar m pl

  1. indefinite plural of katt

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit कर्तृ (kartṛ). Grammatically, the agent noun of karoti (to do).

Noun

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kattar m

  1. doer, actor; maker
  2. (grammar) the subject, taking on the nominative case

Declension

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References

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  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kattar”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead