कारतूस

Hindi

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from French cartouche. Compare Portuguese cartucho.

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɑːɾ.t̪uːs/, [käːɾ.t̪uːs]

Noun

कारतूस • (kārtūs) m (Urdu spelling کارتوس)

(firearms) cartridge

Declension

Declension of *कारतूस* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	कारतूस kārtūs	कारतूस kārtūs
oblique	कारतूस kārtūs	कारतूसों kārtūsõ
vocative	कारतूस kārtūs	कारतूसो kārtūso

Descendants

→ Kashmiri: کارتوٗس (kārtūs)
→ Pashto: کارتوس
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਰਤੂਸ (kārtūs)

Shahmukhi script: کارْتُوس (kārtūs)

References

Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocabulario Português em Línguas Asiáticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 82, column 2
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कारतूस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press