Alternative spellings of this word include Achatura.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

acatura (अचतुर).—a (S) Unskilful, unclever, unapt, unready: also unintelligent or unsagacious.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Acatura (अचतुर).—a. [avidyamānāni catvāri yasya -nipātaḥ] P.V.4. 77.]

1) Destitute of four.

2) (na. ta.) Not skilful.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Acatura (अचतुर):—[=a-catura] mfn. destitute of four, having less than four

2) [v.s. ...] not cunning, not dexterous.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Acatura (अचतुर):—m. f. n.

(-raḥ-rā-ram) I. [bahuvrihi compound] Having not four, being devoid of four. E. a and catur, samāsānta aff. ac. Ii. [tatpurusha compound] Not dexterous, not clever &c. See catura. E. a neg. and catura.

[Sanskrit to German]

Acatura in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Acatura (ಅಚತುರ):—[adjective] not skilled; lacking the required adeptness.

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Acatura (ಅಚತುರ):—[noun] an inept man.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Catura, A.

Starts with: Acaturam.

Ends with: Avadacatura, Didacatura, Didhacatura, Kacatura, Kriyacatura, Laukikacatura, Lilacatura, Padacatura, Prapancacatura, Prayogacatura, Priyacatura, Samayacatura, Upacatura, Vacanacatura, Vicaracatura, Vyavaharacatura.

Full-text: Acaturam, Acaturya, Mithunay, Acaturyya, Cau, Catura.

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