Where does “चातुर्य” come from?

चातुर्य (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit चातुर्य, from Sanskrit चतुर — clever; shrewd; ingenious.

चातुर्य (Hindi): cleverness, ability, shrewdness, skilfulness, dexterity

Definitions

  1. cleverness, ability, shrewdness, skilfulness, dexterity

Ancestry of “चातुर्य”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritचातुर्यskill, cleverness, dexterity, shrewdness
2Sanskritचतुरclever; shrewd; ingenious
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