कुरता

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • कुर्ता (kurtā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کرته (kurta).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kʊɾ.t̪ɑː/, [kʊɾ.t̪äː]

Noun

कुरता • (kurtām (Urdu spelling کرتہ)

  1. kurta (a loose-fitting shirt commonly worn by both men and women in South Asia)

Declension

Declension of कुरता (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct कुरता
kurtā
कुरते
kurte
oblique कुरते
kurte
कुरतों
kurtõ
vocative कुरते
kurte
कुरतो
kurto

Descendants

  • English: kurta, khurta, kurti
    • Polish: kurta
  • Telugu: కుర్తా (kurtā)

References

  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कुरता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “कुरता”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989), “कुरता”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “कुरता”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
  • Hardev Bahri (2013), “कुरता”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN
  • कुर्ता”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
  • कुर्ता”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.