Cuttack
/ˈkʌtək/
Cuttack proper noun: a city and district, the former capital of Odisha, India.
Proper noun
Cuttack
- A city and district, the former capital of Odisha, India.
- The firſt had conſtantly reſided with his father at Cuttack, the capital of Oriſſa, and the other, with his grandfather at Morſhadabad.1765, John Zephaniah Holwell, Interesting Historical Events, Relative to the Provinces of Bengal, and the Empire of Indostan: With a Seasonable Hint and Perswasive to the …, volume 1, T. Becket and...
- Looking back through centuries to the process of history, one observes the amazing phenomenon that although only the tiny area of present districts of Balasore, Cuttack and Puri have all along remained together without any [...] formation of the State of Orissa.1964, Nabin Kumar Sahu, Utkal University History Of Orissa, volume 1, The Utkal University, page 3
Cuttack meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Cuttack in Hindi
- city
- कटक kaṭak
Cuttack in Tamil
- city
- கட்டக் kaṭṭak
Cuttack in Marathi
- city
- कटक kaṭak
Cuttack in Urdu
- city
- کٹک kaṭak
More languagesFewer languages
- Cuttack in Bengali
- কটক koṭok
- Cuttack in Telugu
- కటక్ kaṭak
- Cuttack in Malayalam
- കട്ടക് kaṭṭakŭ
- Cuttack in Kannada
- ಕಟಕ್ kaṭak
- Cuttack in Punjabi
- ਕਟਕ kaṭak
- Cuttack in Gujarati
- કટક kaṭak
- Cuttack in Odia
- କଟକ kaṭaka
- Cuttack in Sanskrit
- कटक kaṭaka, कटकम् kaṭakam
- Cuttack in Nepali
- कटक kaṭak
Forms of Cuttack
| alternative form | Kataka |
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Origin of Cuttack
Borrowed from Odia କଟକ (kaṭaka), in turn from Sanskrit कटक (kaṭaka), ultimately of uncertain, possibly Dravidian origin.
Questions about Cuttack
- What does Cuttack mean?
- Cuttack means a city and district, the former capital of Odisha, India.
- What is Cuttack in Hindi?
- Cuttack in Hindi is कटक (kaṭak). See Cuttack meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Cuttack?
- Cuttack is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Cuttack?
- Cuttack is pronounced /ˈkʌtək/.
Words near Cuttack in the dictionary
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