चतुराई

Hindi

Etymology

From चतुर (catur, “shrewd”) +‎ -आई (-āī).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.t̪ʊ.ɾɑː.iː/, [t͡ʃɐ.t̪ʊ.ɾäː.iː]

Noun

चतुराई • (caturāī) f

shrewdness, cleverness, acumen
Synonyms: चतुरता (caturtā), होशियारी (hośiyārī)
skill, dexterity
Synonym: दक्षता (dakṣatā)
cunning, guile
Synonym: चालाकी (cālākī)

राजनीतिक चतुराई ― rājnītik caturāī ― political cunning

Declension

Declension of *चतुराई* (fem ind ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	चतुराई caturāī	चतुराइयाँ caturāiyā̃
oblique	चतुराई caturāī	चतुराइयों caturāiyõ
vocative	चतुराई caturāī	चतुराइयो caturāiyo

Derived terms

चतुराईपूर्वक

References

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