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Kathiawari

Kathiawari adjective: of, from or relating to the Kathiawar peninsula in Gujarat, India.

Adjective

Kathiawari (not comparable)

  1. Of, from or relating to the Kathiawar peninsula in Gujarat, India.

Proper noun

Kathiawari

  1. A dialect of the Gujarati language.

Noun

Kathiawari (plural Kathiawaris)

  1. A horse of an Indian breed originating in the Kathiawar peninsula.
    • In Khacha defensive actions and feudal wars great use was made of Kathiawaris.1998, Ann Hyland, The Warhorse, 1250-1600, page 165
    • The Kathiawari is thought to have originated from stock brought to India by Alexander the Great.2016, Andrea Fitzpatrick, The Ultimate Guide to Horse Breeds, page 178
  2. A member of the Patidar caste from the Kathiawar peninsula.
    • Rebuking me gently, a friend has remarked that these days I have been doing an injustice to Kathiawaris: I always describe them as men given to too much talking.1924, Mahatma Gandhi, May-Aug. 1924, page 170
    • The cutting and polishing was mainly in hands of Kathiawaris, Kanbi Patels, who were originally farmers from Saurashtra, an area which often suffered from drought.2009, Dina Siegel, The Mazzel Ritual, page 96

Kathiawari meaning in Hindi and Urdu

Kathiawari in Hindi

Kathiawari
काठियावाड़ी kāṭhiyāvāṛī

Kathiawari in Urdu

Kathiawari
کاٹھیاواڑی kāṭhyāvāṛī, کاٹھیاواڑ kāṭhyāvāṛ

Forms of Kathiawari

pluralKathiawaris

Questions about Kathiawari

What does Kathiawari mean?
Kathiawari means of, from or relating to the Kathiawar peninsula in Gujarat, India.
What is Kathiawari in Hindi?
Kathiawari in Hindi is काठियावाड़ी (kāṭhiyāvāṛī). See Kathiawari meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Kathiawari?
Kathiawari can be an adjective, a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Kathiawari in the dictionary

  1. Kathi
  2. kathi roll
  3. kathi rolls
  4. Kathiawar
  5. Kathiawar peninsula
  6. Kathiawari
  7. Kathiawaris
  8. Kathie
  9. Kathina
  10. kathisma
  11. kathismas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Kathiawari (page history and authors); काठियावाड़ी (Hindi) (page history and authors); کاٹھیاواڑ (Urdu) (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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