चातुर्य
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चातुर्य (cāturya).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑː.t̪ʊɾ.jᵊ/, [t͡ʃäː.t̪ʊɾ.jᵊ]
Noun
चातुर्य • (cāturya) m
- (rare, formal) cleverness, ability, shrewdness, skilfulness, dexterity
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चातुर्य cāturya |
चातुर्य cāturya |
| oblique | चातुर्य cāturya |
चातुर्यों cāturyõ |
| vocative | चातुर्य cāturya |
चातुर्यो cāturyo |
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चातुर्य”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चातुर्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “चातुर्य”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চাতুৰ্য (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬵᬢᬸᬃᬬ (Balinese script)
- চাতুর্য (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰯𑰝𑰲𑰨𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀸𑀢𑀼𑀭𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- စာတုရျ (Burmese script)
- ચાતુર્ય (Gujarati script)
- ਚਾਤੁਰ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌾𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦴꦠꦸꦫꦾ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂰𑂞𑂳𑂩𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಾತುರ್ಯ (Kannada script)
- ចាតុយ៌ (Khmer script)
- ຈາຕຸຣ຺ຍ (Lao script)
- ചാതുര്യ (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠ᠊ᠠᢠᡠᡵᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘰𑘝𑘳𑘨𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᢗᢐᠤᠷᠶᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧑𑦽𑧔𑧈𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐵𑐟𑐸𑐬𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଚାତୁର୍ଯ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢵꢡꢸꢬ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆳𑆠𑆶𑆫𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖯𑖝𑖲𑖨𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
- චාතුර්ය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩛𑩫𑩒𑩼 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚭𑚙𑚰𑚤𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
- சாதுர்ய (Tamil script)
- చాతుర్య (Telugu script)
- จาตุรฺย (Thai script)
- ཙཱ་ཏུ་རྱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒰𑒞𑒳𑒩𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨊𑨙𑨃𑨫𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Vṛddhi derivative of चतुर (catura) with a -य (-ya) extension.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɑː.tuɾ.jɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɑː.t̪uɾ.jɐ/
Noun
चातुर्य • (cāturya) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चातुर्यम् (cāturyam) | चातुर्ये (cāturye) | चातुर्याणि (cāturyāṇi) चातुर्या¹ (cāturyā¹) |
| accusative | चातुर्यम् (cāturyam) | चातुर्ये (cāturye) | चातुर्याणि (cāturyāṇi) चातुर्या¹ (cāturyā¹) |
| instrumental | चातुर्येण (cāturyeṇa) | चातुर्याभ्याम् (cāturyābhyām) | चातुर्यैः (cāturyaiḥ) चातुर्येभिः¹ (cāturyebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | चातुर्याय (cāturyāya) | चातुर्याभ्याम् (cāturyābhyām) | चातुर्येभ्यः (cāturyebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चातुर्यात् (cāturyāt) | चातुर्याभ्याम् (cāturyābhyām) | चातुर्येभ्यः (cāturyebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चातुर्यस्य (cāturyasya) | चातुर्ययोः (cāturyayoḥ) | चातुर्याणाम् (cāturyāṇām) |
| locative | चातुर्ये (cāturye) | चातुर्ययोः (cāturyayoḥ) | चातुर्येषु (cāturyeṣu) |
| vocative | चातुर्य (cāturya) | चातुर्ये (cāturye) | चातुर्याणि (cāturyāṇi) चातुर्या¹ (cāturyā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “चातुर्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 392.