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kattar

kattar adjective: strict, rigid, fundamentalist, especially in terms of religious belief.

Adjective

kattar (comparative more kattar, superlative most kattar)

  1. (Hinduism, India) Strict, rigid, fundamentalist, especially in terms of religious belief.
    • "And even the announcement of Delhi’s own Board of Education came with one of the avowed aims being making students “kattar deshbhakt” (staunch patriots)."2022, Outlook Indiahttps://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-is-arvind-kejriwal-getting-future-ready-with-his-desh-bhakti-budget/377394

Forms of kattar

comparativemore kattar
superlativemost kattar

Origin of kattar

From Hindi कट्टर (kaṭṭar, “strict, rigid”).

Questions about kattar

What does kattar mean?
Kattar means strict, rigid, fundamentalist, especially in terms of religious belief.
What part of speech is kattar?
Kattar is an adjective.

Words near kattar in the dictionary

  1. katsuwonids
  2. Katta
  3. Kattalafushi
  4. kattan
  5. Kattang
  6. kattar
  7. Kattas
  8. Kattea
  9. Kattegat
  10. Kattendijkian
  11. Katter

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