Katta, Kāṭṭā: 11 definitions
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Katta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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India history and geography
Katta (“dam”) is one of the many exogamous septs (division) among the Telugu section of the Devangas (a caste of weavers). The Devangas, speaking Telugu or Canarese, are found all over the Madras Presidency. Devanga is composed of Deva and angam, “limb of god”.
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Pali-English dictionary
Katta, (pp. of kantati2; cp. Sk. kṛtta) is represented in Pali by kanta2; katta being found only in cpd. pari°. (Page 183)
1) katta (ကတ္တ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[kara+ta．gāthāyuea dve．]
[ကရ+တ။ ဂါထာဖြစ်၍ ဒွေဘော်ရောက်သည်။]
2) kattā (ကတ္တာ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[kattu+si．yo karoti sa kattā．ka．281．]
[ကတ္တု+သိ။ ယော ကရောတိ သ ကတ္တာ။ ကစ္စည်း။ ၂၈၁။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) katta—
(Burmese text): ပြုဖူးသော။
(Auto-Translation): Done.
2) kattā—
(Burmese text): (၁) ပြုတတ်သောသူသည်။ (၂) အမတ်သည်။ (၃) ကတ္တားအနက်သည်၊ ကတ္တုကာရကသည်။ ကတ္တု-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) The one who is capable. (2) The famous one. (3) The black cat, the cat that looks. Cat-watch.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
kaṭṭā (कट्टा).—m (About Kolhapur.) A raised place (of stone or wood) along the side of the road, to help travelers to rest their burdens: also a raised mass (of earth or stones) for a seat.
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kaṭṭā (कट्टा).—a ( H) Stout, sturdy, lusty. 2 Clever, smart, expert, adroit, skilful;--used, widely, of writers, speakers, riders, fighters &c. 3 Fierce, furious, ardent, vehement, strenuous, hard, assiduous;--used of laḍhāī-kajjā - mārāmārī - vāda- abhyāsa-adhyayana-vyāsaṅga-bhāṣaṇa-mēhanata. 4 Bold, daring, energetic;--used of masalata a counsel, scheme, measure: powerful, mighty, formidable--an army, an array, or a display.
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kaṭṭā (कट्टा).—m ( H To be cut.) A general slaughter or massacre, cutting up, cutting to pieces. 2 A confederacy or league.
kaṭṭā (कट्टा).—m A raised mass of earth or stones for a seat. a Stout, sturdy, lusty. Fierce, vehement. Bold, daring.
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
Kattā (कत्ता).—[feminine] a die.*
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Kaṭṭa (कट्ट) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Kṛt.
2) Kaṭṭa (कट्ट) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Kṛtta.
3) Kaṭṭa (कट्ट) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Kaṣṭa.
4) Katta (कत्त) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Kṛt.
5) Katta (कत्त) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Kṛt.
6) Katta (कत्त) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Klṛpta.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Kaṭṭa (ಕಟ್ಟ):—[noun] a place on the bank of a river or tank, where steps are provided for people to go down to have bath.
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Kaṭṭa (ಕಟ್ಟ):—[noun] difficulty a) the condition or fact of being difficult; b) something that is difficult, as a hard problem or an obstacle or objection.
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Kaṭṭa (ಕಟ್ಟ):—[noun] an adjectival morpheme predictable before certain words as an intensifier in the sense 'the very' 'the obsolutely' 'excessively'.
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Kaṭṭa (ಕಟ್ಟ):—[noun] (dial.) a single complete in-and-out movement of the threaded needle in sewing, a stitch or a series of such stitching.
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Katta (ಕತ್ತ):—
1) [noun] the prepared fiber of the husks of coconuts, used to make matting and rope; coir.
2) [noun] a rope or a piece of rope made of this.
3) [noun] (dial.) the skin (of a fruit, seed, etc.) which is removed.
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Katta (ಕತ್ತ):—[noun] any of the shaped sheets of canvas or other strong material spread to catch or deflect the wind, by means of which some vessels are driven forward; a sail.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Kaṭṭā (கட்டா) noun
1. Sea-fish, soft dorsal black, attaining at least 20 in. in length Chorinsmus sanctipetri; கடல்மீன்வகை. [kadalminvagai.]
2. See கட்டாம்பாரை. [kattambarai.]
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Kattā (கத்தா) noun < kartā. nominative singular of kartṛ. See கத்தன். அவரே . . . சகத்துக் கொருபெருங்கத்தா [kathan. avare . . . sagathug koruperungatha] (விநாயகபு. [vinayagapu.] 82, 13).
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Kāṭṭā (காட்டா) noun < idem. + ஆ⁸. [a⁸.] Bison, wild cow, Bos gavaeus; காட்டுப்பசு. (திவா.) [kattuppasu. (thiva.)]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
1) Kaṭṭa (कट्ट):—adv. to cut at a stroke; 2. to feel acute pain in stomach;
2) Kaṭṭā (कट्टा):—adj. cut; deducted; n. → कट्टी [kaṭṭī]
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Luo, Kattu, Shi, Ci, Da, Kara, Ta.
Starts with (+9): Kathadi, Katta murakku, Katta pinnai, Katta-ayam, Katta-k-kampu, Katta-manakku, Katta-veppilei, Kattaanam, Kattacivi, Kattakatti, Kattakattimai, Kattakkacappu, Kattakkali, Kattakkampu, Kattakkati, Kattakkiccan, Kattakkuti, Kattamar, Kattamparai, Kattantarai.
Full-text (+1233): Kitta, Kataka, Vikata, Kukkuta, Kathita, Kathana, Kaccha, Kathina, Kathora, Avikata, Parikatha, Brihatkatha, Kathika, Ukkanthati, Kata, Kathopanishad, Harikatha, Kattakatti, Kathamukha, Atthakatha.
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