कायर

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀸𑀅𑀭 (kāara), from Sanskrit कातर (kātara), possibly a vṛddhi derivative of क॒त॒र (katará), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóteros, from *kʷos + *-teros. Cognate with Punjabi ਕਾਇਰ (kāira) / کائر (kāira), Gujarati કાયર (kāyar), Sindhi कांइरु / ڪَانئِرُ (kā̃iru).

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kɑː.jəɾ/, [käː.jɐɾ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːjəɾ

कायर • (kāyar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کایر)

1. timid, cowardly

कायर • (kāyar) m (Urdu spelling کایر)

1. a coward

   Synonym: (Bombay, slang) फट्टू (phaṭṭū)

• कायरता (kāyartā)
  • कायरतापूर्ण (kāyartāpūrṇ)
• कायरपन (kāyarpan)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कायर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kātara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press