कायर

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɑː.jəɾ/, [käː.jɐɾ]
Rhymes: -ɑːjəɾ

Adjective

कायर • (kāyar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کایر)

timid, cowardly

Noun

कायर • (kāyar) m (Urdu spelling کایر)

a 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

Derived terms

कायरता (kāyartā)
- कायरतापूर्ण (kāyartāpūrṇ)
कायरपन (kāyarpan)

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