As a Hindi name
चाटु · noun · masculine
मीठी बात । प्रिय बात · झूठी प्रशंसा या विनय से भरी हुई ऐसी बात जो केवल दूसरे के प्रसन्न या अनुकूल करने के लिये कही जाय । खुशामद । चापलूसी — Śabdasāgara
चाटु · ćāṭu · s.m.
Pleasing or grateful words or discourse, flattery, wheedling, coaxing — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 416
चाटु · masculine
flattery, adulation, false praise; a chatterbox
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi चाटु — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit चाटु (cāṭu).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
cāṭu m. n. sg. and pl. (cf. caṭu) pleasing or graceful words or discourse, flattery, Hariv. 1144; Pañcat.; Kād.; Hcar. &c.
= piciṇḍa, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
sg. and pl. (cf. caṭu) pleasing or graceful words or discourse, flattery, &c.
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Dictionary citations
cāṭu m. n. sg. and pl. (cf. caṭu) pleasing or graceful words or discourse, flattery, Hariv. 1144; Pañcat.; Kād.; Hcar. &c.
= piciṇḍa, L.
cāṭu mfn. pleasing (?), Rājat. i, 213
speaking distinctly, L.
cāṭuḥ, -ṭu n. 1 [caṭ-uṇ] Pleasing or agreeable words, sweet or coaxing speech, flattery (especially of a lover to his sweet-heart); priyaḥ priyāyāḥ prakaroti cāṭuṃ Rs. 6. 14; viracitacāṭuvacanaracanaṃ caraṇaracitapraṇipātaṃ Gīt. 11; Amaru. 83; Pt. 1. 175; Śānti. 3. 14; Ch. P. 20; (the greater part of the 10th canto of gītagoviṃda consists of such coaxing). 2 Distinct or clear speech. 3 Endearing words or acts; Māl. 10. 1. Comp. — uktiḥ f. 1 flattering or coaxing language. 2 service. — ullola, -kāra a. speaking agreeably or sweetly, flatterer; śiprāvātaḥ priyatama iva prārthanācāṭukāraḥ Me. 31. — paṭu a. skilful in using flattering or coaxing language, an accomplished flatterer. — baṭuḥ a jester, buffoon. — lola a. elegantly tremulous. — śataṃ a hundred entreaties, repeated coaxing; paṭucāṭuśatairanukūlaṃ Gīt. 2; gajapuṃgavastu dhīra vilokayati cāṭuśataiśca bhuṃkte Bh. 2. 31.
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