कच्चर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কচ্চৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬘ᭄ᬘᬭ (Balinese script)
• কচ্চর (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰓𑰿𑰓𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ကစ္စရ (Burmese script)
• કચ્ચર (Gujarati script)
• ਕਚ੍ਚਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦕ꧀ꦕꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂒𑂹𑂒𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಚ್ಚರ (Kannada script)
• កច្ចរ (Khmer script)
• ກຈ຺ຈຣ (Lao script)
• കച്ചര (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᢜᢜᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘓𑘿𑘓𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢋᢋᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑦳𑧠𑦳𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐔𑑂𑐔𑐬 (Newa script)
• କଚ୍ଚର (Odia script)
• ꢒꢗ꣄ꢗꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆖𑇀𑆖𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖓𑖿𑖓𑖨 (Siddham script)
• කච‍්චර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩡 𑪙𑩡𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚏𑚶𑚏𑚤 (Takri script)
• கச்சர (Tamil script)
• కచ్చర (Telugu script)
• กจฺจร (Thai script)
• ཀ་ཙྩ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒔𑓂𑒔𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨣𑩇𑨣𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Cognate to Persian کَچَل (kačal). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐt.t͡ɕɐ.ɾɐ/, [kɐt̚.t͡ɕɐ.ɾɐ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐt̪.t͡ɕɐ.ɾɐ/, [ˈkɐt̪̚.t͡ɕɐ.ɾɐ]
• Hyphenation: कच्‧च‧र

Adjective

कच्चर • (kaccara) stem

1. dirty, vile

Descendants

• Pali: kacavara
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀬𑀯𑀭 (kayavara), 𑀓𑀬𑀸𑀭 (kayāra), 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀯𑀸𑀭 (kaccavāra), 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭 (kacchara), 𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀲 (kassa)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: kacrā, kaclā
        • Hindi: कचरा, कचला (kaclā)
        • Urdu: کَچرَا, کَچلَا
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: কেঁচেৰা (kẽsera)
      • Odia: କାଚରା (kacôra), କଚରକଚର (kôcôrôkôcôrô)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: कचर (kacar), कचेरा (kacerā), कसर (kasar)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: kaciro, kacirī

          Arabic script: ڪَچِرو, ڪَچِرِي

          Devanagari script: कचिरो, कचिरी

          • Kachchi: કાચરી (kācrī)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ކިލާ (kilā), ކަލައް (kalak̊)
      • Sinhalese: කලල (kalala), කසළ (kasaḷa)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: कचरा (kacrā), काचरी (kācrī)
    • → Malayalam: കച്ചറ (kaccaṟa)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
        • Gujarati: કાચર (kācar), કાચરકુચર (kācarkucar), કાચરી (kācrī), કચરો (kacro)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaccara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 130