कायर

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कातर (kātara). Cognate with Punjabi ਕਾਇਰ (kāira) / کائر‎ (kāira), Gujarati કાયર (kāyar), Sindhi कांइरु / ڪَانئِرُ‎ (kā̃iru).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kɑː.jəɾ/, [käː.jəɾ]

Adjective

कायर • (kāyar) (indeclinable)

timid, cowardly

Noun

कायर • (kāyar) m

coward
Synonym: (Bombay, slang) फट्टू (phaṭṭū)

Declension

Declension of कायर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कायर kāyar	कायर kāyar
oblique	कायर kāyar	कायरों kāyarõ
vocative	कायर kāyar	कायरो kāyaro

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कायर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kātara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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