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katar

/kə.tɑɹ/

katar is the alternative form of katara.

Meaning of katara

Noun

katara (plural kataras)

  1. An Indian push dagger with an H-shaped handle, used predominantly ceremonially, and rarely as a weapon.

Proper noun capitalized: Katar

Katar

  1. (alternative, archaic, rare) Alternative form of Qatar.
    • Between Katar and the nearest limits of the province of Sharja, namely, the village of Aboo-Debee, the desert comes right down to the sea1864, W.G. Palgrave, “Observations in Central, Eastern and Southern Arabia”, in Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, volume 34, page 145
    • Katar, the pearl-fishery coast east of Hasa. Its inhabitants, said to be 135,000 in number, find an almost exclusive occupation in the pearl trade.1875, Day Otis Kellogg, “Arabia”, in Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, volume 2, page 222

Forms of katar

pluralkatars

Questions about katar

What is katar the alternative form of?
Katar is the alternative form of katara.
What part of speech is katar?
Katar is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce katar?
Katar is pronounced /kə.tɑɹ/.

Words near katar in the dictionary

  1. kataplasia
  2. kataplectic
  3. kataplerotic
  4. kataplexy
  5. kataptron
  6. katar
  7. katara
  8. kataras
  9. kataribe
  10. katarimono
  11. katars

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Adapted from Wiktionary: katar (page history and authors); Katar (page history and authors); katara (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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