कुत्र

See also: क़तर, कतर, कुत्रा, and कुत्री

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुत्र (kútra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʊt̪.ɾᵊ/

Adverb

कुत्र • (kutra)

1. (rare, formal) where

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “कुत्र”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 986

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কুত্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬸᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• কুত্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰲𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ကုတြ (Burmese script)
• કુત્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਕੁਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦸꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂳𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಕುತ್ರ (Kannada script)
• កុត្រ (Khmer script)
• ກຸຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• കുത്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡠᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘳𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠤᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧔𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐸𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• କୁତ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢒꢸꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆶𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖲𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• කුත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩒𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚰𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• குத்ர (Tamil script)
• కుత్ర (Telugu script)
• กุตฺร (Thai script)
• ཀུ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒳𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨃𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kútra, from *kú +‎ *-tra (whence the suffix -त्र (-tra)). The first element is from dialectal Proto-Indo-European *kʷú (“where”), formed from the interrogative pronoun stem *kʷ- as in *kʷos, *kʷís. Cognates include Latin necubi, ubi, Avestan 𐬐𐬎𐬛𐬁 (kudā, “where”), 𐬐𐬏 (kū, “where”), Cretan Greek ὀπυι (opyi, “whither”), Albanian ku (“where”), Lithuanian kur̃ (“where”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kút.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kut̪.ɾɐ/

Adverb

कुत्र॑ • (kútra)

1. (interrogative) where, whereto

   Coordinate terms: अत्र (átra), तत्र (tátra), यत्र (yátra)

Descendants

• Bengali: কোথা (kōtha)
• Marathi: कुठे (kuṭhe)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: कुत्र (kutra)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “कुत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 290.