Alternative spellings of this word include Kutir.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Kutira in India is the name of a plant defined with Sterculia urens in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Kavalama urens (Roxb.) Raf. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1987)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1795)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1984)
· Sylva Telluriana (1838)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kutira, for example side effects, health benefits, chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kuṭīra (कुटीर).—m S A small house; a hut or hovel.

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kuṭīra (कुटीर).—a (kuṭaṇēṃ) That breaks readily during the operation of husking--rice &c.

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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

Kuṭira (कुटिर).—A cottage, hut.

Derivable forms: kuṭiram (कुटिरम्).

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Kuṭīra (कुटीर).—[kuṭīśamīśuṇḍābhyo raḥ P.V.3.88] A hut, cottage; Uttararāmacarita 2.29; Amaruśataka 56 (prakṣiptaśloka in the note).

-ram 1 Sexual intercourse.

2) Exclusiveness.

Derivable forms: kuṭīraḥ (कुटीरः), kuṭīram (कुटीरम्).

See also (synonyms): kuṭīraka.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kuṭira (कुटिर).—(m. or nt.; Sanskrit Lex.; Sanskrit kuṭīra), hut: Kāraṇḍavvūha 60.9 (prose) parṇa-kuṭira-, compare (parṇa-) kuṭi, -kuṭikā.

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

Kuṭira (कुटिर).—n.

(-raṃ) A hut, a cottage. E. kuṭi a house, rā to be like, ḍa aff.

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Kuṭīra (कुटीर).—m.

(-raḥ) A small house, a hut, a hovel. E. kuṭī a house, and ra aff.

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

Kuṭīra (कुटीर).—[kuṭī + ra], n. 1. A hut, [Gītagovinda. ed. Lassen.] 1, 27. 2. Sexual intercourse, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 3, 66.

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

Kuṭīra (कुटीर).—[substantive] hut, bower.

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

1) Kuṭira (कुटिर):—[from kuṭ] n. (= kuṭīra) a hut, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Kuṭīra (कुटीर):—[from kuṭ] a mn. ([Pāṇini 5-3, 88]) a cottage, hut, hovel, [Bhartṛhari; Vikramāṅkadeva-carita, by Bilhaṇa] (cf. kuñja-k)

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a plant [gana] bilvādi

4) [v.s. ...] n. sexual intercourse, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] = kevala (exclusiveness?), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [from kuṭila] b etc. See, [ib.]

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

1) Kuṭira (कुटिर):—(raṃ) 1. n. A hut.

2) Kuṭīra (कुटीर):—(raḥ) 1. m. A small house, a hut.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kuṭīra (कुटीर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kuḍīra.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kutira 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

Kuṭīra (कुटीर) [Also spelled kutir]:—(nm) cottage, —[udyoga] cottage industry.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kuṭīra (ಕುಟೀರ):—[noun] a small, simple house (usu. with a thatched roof).

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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)

Starts with (+49): Kutira gum, Kutirai macal, Kutirai val pul, Kutirai-macal, Kutirai-mukaotam, Kutirai-parpashanam, Kutirai-vaiyaliviti, Kutirai-valicampa, Kutirai-varapattai, Kutirai-vaykaruvi, Kutirai-vicikayiru, Kutiraiccali, Kutiraiccalikkirai, Kutiraiccammatti, Kutiraiccani, Kutiraiccari, Kutiraiccavaran, Kutiraiccayam, Kutiraiccittu, Kutiraikkacu.

Ends with: Kunjakutira, Parnakutira, Patakutira, Trinakutira.

Full-text: Kutiraka, Kunjakutira, Kautira, Kautirya, Kutira gum, Kuttara, Kutera, Trinakutira, Kudira, Trinakuti, Kutir, Kurira, Kutil, Kuttima, Ra, Vihara.

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