कतर

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *katarás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátaras, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóteros, from *kʷos (“which”) (whence also क (ká)). Cognate with Ancient Greek πότερος (póteros), Lithuanian katràs, Russian который (kotoryj), Old English hwæþer (whence English whether).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.t̪ɐ.ɽɐ́/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.t̪ɐ.ɽɐ/

Pronoun

कतर • (katará)

who, which (of two)?; whether (of two)?

References

Monier Williams (1899), “कतर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0246.

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