खातर

Marathi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰa.t̪əɾ/
Rhymes: -əɾ
Hyphenation: खा‧तर

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xātir), from Arabic خاطِر (ḵāṭir).

Noun

खातर • (khātar) f (dated)

consideration, regard, concern
Synonyms: चिंता (cintā), काळजी (kāḷjī), पर्वा (parvā)

Postposition

खातर • (khātar) (uncommon)

for (a purpose; the sake of)
Synonyms: साठी (sāṭhī), करिता (karitā)

Derived terms

खात्री (khātrī)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Gujarati ખાતર (khātar). Doublet of खात (khāt).

Noun

खातर • (khātar) f

hole (through a wall or fence)
breach

Derived terms

खातरा (khātrā)
खातऱ्या (khātaryā)

Further reading

दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “खातर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “खातर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khā́tra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 203