Etymograph

English

kattar

Kattar comes from Hindi कट्टर ‘strict, rigid’.

  1. Hindic. 1500–presentकट्टरkaṭṭar‘strict, rigid’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022kattar

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Hindic. 1500–presentकट्टरkaṭṭar‘strict, rigid’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022kattar

Earliest quotation: 2022, Outlook Indiahttps://www.outlookindia.co: “And even the announcement of Delhi’s own Board of…”

Today it means

adj Strict, rigid, fundamentalist, especially in terms of religious belief.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hindi कट्टर / kattar