कठ-

See also: कठ and कंठ

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kəʈʰ/, [kɐʈʰ]

Combining form

कठ- • (kaṭh-)

  1. combining form of काठ (kāṭh, “wood”)
    1. made of or pertaining to wood; wooden
      Synonym: लकड़- (lakaṛ-)
      ‎कठ- (kaṭh-) + ‎पुतली (putlī, “doll, puppet”) → ‎कठपुतली (kaṭhputlī, “wooden doll, puppet, marionette”)
      ‎कठ- (kaṭh-) + ‎रेती (retī, “file (cutting or smoothing tool)”) → ‎कठरेती (kaṭhretī, “file for filing wood”)
    2. (figuratively) resembling or characteristic of wood; dry; hard; wild; coarse; base; insensitive; fake; stultified
      ‎कठ- (kaṭh-) + ‎केला (kelā, “banana; plantain”) → ‎कठकेला (kaṭhkelā, “a kind of wild plantain which has an insipid fruit with a hard peel”)
      ‎कठ- (kaṭh-) + ‎मुल्ला (mullā, “mullah (Muslim clergy)”) → ‎कठमुल्ला (kaṭhmullā, “ignorant mullah; bigot”)

Derived terms

Hindi terms prefixed with कठ-
कठघरा
कठपुतली
कठमुल्ला

References

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