As a Hindi name
कुठारी · noun · masculine
वह अधिकारी जो भंडार का प्रबंध करता और उसके लिये पदार्थ आदि का संग्रह करता हो । भंडारी — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ कोठारी
कुठारी · kuṭhārī · s.f.
A small axe or hatchet ( = kulhāṛī, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 815
Cited formation "कुठारी" is कुठार + -ई: कुठार means "An axe, a hatchet", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "कुठारी" is कुठार + -ई: कुठार means "An axe, a hatchet", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "कुठारी" is कुठार + -ई: कुठार means "An axe, a hatchet", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an axe
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Dictionary citations
kuṭhārī f. an axe, L.
kuṭhāraḥ -rī 1 An axe, or hatchet; mātuḥ kevalameva yauvanavanacchede kuṭhārā vayaṃ Bh. 3. 11. 2 A sort of hoe or spade. — raḥ A tree.
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