Alternative spellings of this word include Chatukara.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cāṭukāra (चाटुकार).—a. speaking agreeably or sweetly, flatterer; शिप्रावातः प्रियतम इव प्रार्थनाचाटुकारः (śiprāvātaḥ priyatama iva prārthanācāṭukāraḥ) Meghadūta 31; सोऽभवद्विटबन्द्यादिचाटुकारविधेयधीः (so'bhavadviṭabandyādicāṭukāravidheyadhīḥ) Rāj. T.5.352.

Cāṭukāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms cāṭu and kāra (कार). See also (synonyms): cāṭvullola.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cāṭukāra (चाटुकार).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rī-raṃ) Speaking agreeably or kindly. m.

(-raḥ) A flatterer. E. cāṭu and kāra who makes. cāṭuṃ karoti .

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

Cāṭukāra (चाटुकार).—[cāṭu-kāra], m. A flatterer, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 351.

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

Cāṭukāra (चाटुकार).—[adjective] courteous, polite; [masculine] a flatterer.

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

1) Caṭukāra (चटुकार):—[=caṭu-kāra] [from caṭu] mfn. speaking to please or flatter any one, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Cāṭukāra (चाटुकार):—[=cāṭu-kāra] [from cāṭu] mfn. speaking agreeably or kindly, flattering, flatterer, [Pāṇini 3-2, 23; Meghadūta 32; Rājataraṅgiṇī v, 351; Sāhitya-darpaṇa iii, 82.]

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

Cāṭukāra (चाटुकार):—[cāṭu-kāra] (raḥ-rī-raṃ) a. Flattering.

[Sanskrit to German]

Catukara 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Cāṭukāra (चाटुकार) [Also spelled chatukar]:—(a) a flatterer, sycophant; adulator; ~[kāritā, ~kārī] flattery, sycophancy, adulation.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Cāṭukāra (ಚಾಟುಕಾರ):—

1) [noun] = ಚಾಟು [catu]5 - 1.

2) [noun] 2.fond or tender feeling for another; fondness; affection.

3) [noun] a man whose speech is pleasing.

4) [noun] a man who praises another highly; an eulogist.

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Cāṭukāṟa (ಚಾಟುಕಾಱ):—[noun] = ಚಾಟುಕಾರ- [catukara-] 2 & 4.

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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: Catu, Kara.

Starts with: Catukaramgey.

Full-text: Catu, Chatukar.

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