As a Hindi name
काठ · noun · masculine
१ . पेड का कोई स्थूल अंग (डाल तना आदि ) जो आधार से अलग हो गया हो । लकडी — Śabdasāgara
काठ · noun · masculine
काठ की बनी हुई पुतली । काठ की गुड़िया या मूर्ति जिसको तार द्वारा नचाते हैं । यौ॰.—कठपुतली का नाच=एक खेल जिसमें काठ की पुतलियाँ तार या घोड़े के बाल के सहारे नचाई जाती हैं · वह व्यक्ति जों दूसरे के कहे पर काम करे, अपनी बुद्धि से कुछ न करे । जैसे,—वे तो उन लोगों के हाथ की कठपुतली हो रहे । यौ॰.—कठपुतली सरकार =वह सरकार जो किसी बाहरी शक्ति द्वारा प्रेरित हो — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ कठपुतली
काठ · kāṭh · s.m.
Wood, timber; a piece of wood or timber, a log, stock, block; the stocks — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 798
काठ · masculine
wood
a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit का॒ष्ठ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Prakrit कट्ठ (kaṭṭha), from Sanskrit का॒ष्ठ (kāṣṭhá).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a rock, stone
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Dictionary citations
kāṭha mf(ī)n. proceeding from or composed by Kaṭha, Pāṇ. iv, 3, 107, Kāś.
kāṭha m. a rock, stone, L.
kāṭha m. (-ṭhaḥ) A stone, a rock. E. kaṭha to be hard, &c. aṇ affix; also with kan added, kāṭhaka.
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