कसोटी

See also: कसौटी

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘎𑘭𑘪𑘘𑘲 (kasavaṭī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀲𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀝 m (kasapaṭṭa), 𑀓𑀲𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝 m (kasavaṭṭa), from Sanskrit कषपट्टिका (kaṣapaṭṭikā), from कष (kaṣa) +‎ पट्टिका (paṭṭikā). Compare Gujarati કસોટી (kasoṭī), Hindustani کَسَوٹِی (kasauṭī) / कसौटी (kasauṭī), Kachchi કસોટી (kasoṭī), Sindhi ڪَسوٽِي / कसौटी, Punjabi ਕਸੌਟੀ (kasauṭī) / کَسَوٹی (kasauṭī), Maithili कसौटी (kasauṭī) / 𑒏𑒮𑒾𑒙𑒲 (kasauṭī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.so.ʈi/, [kə.so.ʈiː]

Noun

कसोटी • (kasoṭī) f

1. touchstone, test, assessment, trial

Derived terms

• कसोटीला उतरणे (kasoṭīlā utarṇe, “to meet a test”)
• कसोटी घेणे (kasoṭī gheṇe, “to give a test”)
• कसोटी लावणे (kasoṭī lāvṇe, “to apply a test”)
• कसोटी सामना (kasoṭī sāmnā, “Test match”)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “कसोटी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कसोटी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “कसोटी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaṣapaṭṭikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press