कच्चर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

কচ্চৰ (Assamese script)
ᬓᬘ᭄ᬘᬭ (Balinese script)
কচ্চর (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰓𑰿𑰓𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀭 (Brahmi script)
ကစ္စရ (Burmese script)
કચ્ચર (Gujarati script)
ਕਚ੍ਚਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦕ꧀ꦕꦫ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂒𑂹𑂒𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಕಚ್ಚರ (Kannada script)
កច្ចរ (Khmer script)
ກຈ຺ຈຣ (Lao script)
കച്ചര (Malayalam script)
ᡬᠠᢜᢜᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘓𑘿𑘓𑘨 (Modi script)
ᢉᠠᢋᢋᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑦳𑧠𑦳𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐔𑑂𑐔𑐬 (Newa script)
କଚ୍ଚର (Odia script)
ꢒꢗ꣄ꢗꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆖𑇀𑆖𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖓𑖿𑖓𑖨 (Siddham script)
කච‍්චර (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩡 𑪙𑩡𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚏𑚶𑚏𑚤 (Takri script)
கச்சர (Tamil script)
కచ్చర (Telugu script)
กจฺจร (Thai script)
ཀ་ཙྩ་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒔𑓂𑒔𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨣𑩇𑨣𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Cognate to Persian (kačal). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐt.t͡ɕɐ.ɾɐ/, [kɐt̚.t͡ɕɐ.ɾɐ]
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐt̪.t͡ɕɐ.ɾɐ/, [ˈkɐt̪̚.t͡ɕɐ.ɾɐ]
Hyphenation: कच्‧च‧र

Adjective

कच्चर • (kaccara) stem

dirty, vile

Descendants

Pali: kacavara
Prakrit: 𑀓𑀬𑀯𑀭 (kayavara), 𑀓𑀬𑀸𑀭 (kayāra), 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀯𑀸𑀭 (kaccavāra), 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀭 (kacchara), 𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀲 (kassa)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindustani: kacrā, kaclā
      - Hindi: कचरा, कचला (kaclā)
      - Urdu: کَچرَا, کَچلَا
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: কেঁচেৰা (kẽsera)
    - Odia: କାଚରା (kacôra), କଚରକଚର (kôcôrôkôcôrô)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Eastern Pahari:
      - Nepali: कचर (kacar), कचेरा (kacerā), कसर (kasar)
- Northwestern:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Vracada Apabhramsa:
      - Sindhi: kaciro, kacirī
        Arabic script: ڪَچِرو, ڪَچِرِي
        
        Devanagari script: कचिरो, कचिरी
        
        Kachchi: કાચરી (kācrī)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ކިލާ (kilā), ކަލައް (kalak̊)
    - Sinhalese: කලල (kalala), කසළ (kasaḷa)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: कचरा (kacrā), काचरी (kācrī)
  - → Malayalam: കച്ചറ (kaccaṟa)
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gurjar Apabhramsa:
      - Gujarati: કાચર (kācar), કાચરકુચર (kācarkucar), કાચરી (kācrī), કચરો (kacro)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaccara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 130

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