कायरता

Hindi

Etymology

कायर (kāyar) +‎ -ता (-tā)

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɑː.jəɾ.t̪ɑː/, [käː.jɐɾ.t̪äː]

Noun

कायरता • (kāyartā) f

cowardice, timidity

Declension

Declension of *कायरता* (fem ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	कायरता kāyartā	कायरताएँ kāyartāẽ
oblique	कायरता kāyartā	कायरताओं kāyartāõ
vocative	कायरता kāyartā	कायरताओ kāyartāo

Derived terms

कायरतापूर्ण (kāyartāpūrṇ)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कायरता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press