कुचकट

From an earlier कुचका (kucakā, an alternative form of कुजका (kujakā)), from कुजणे (kujaṇe).

• IPA^(key): /ku.t͡ɕə.kəʈ/
• Rhymes: -əʈ
• Hyphenation: कु‧च‧कट

कुचकट • (kucakaṭ) (indeclinable)

1. petty, mean-spirited, snide, deliberately hurtful in a small-minded way; said or done with a twisted or nasty intent rather than openly.

   कुचकट टोमणा ― kuckaṭ ṭomṇā ― snide taunt

   • 2025 November 5, “अगं अगं सुनबाई! काय म्हणताय सासूबाई [aga aga sunbāī! kāy mhaṇtāy sāsūbāī, Aga Aga Sunbai Kay Mhantay Sasubai]”, in NDTV Marathi‎^[1]:

     कुचकट सून तर चेटकीण-वेडी सासू, केदार शिंदेचा नवा सिनेमा येतोय भेटीला.

     kuckaṭ sūn tar ceṭkīṇ-veḍī sāsū, kedār śindecā navā sinemā yetoy bheṭīlā.

     A snide daughter-in-law and a witch-like mother-in-law — Kedar Shinde’s new film is coming your way

2. (by extension, offensive) bitchy, catty

The older gendered forms कुचका (kucakā) (masculine) and कुचकी (kucakī) (feminine), while referring to a petty or spiteful act or disposition, are largely obsolete or dated. In contemporary colloquial Marathi, कुचकट (kuckaṭ) is the preferred gender-neutral form.

• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “कुचकट”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 738