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Where does “चतुर्” come from?

चतुर् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan ćatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

चतुर् (Sanskrit): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “चतुर्”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanćatwā́ras—
2Proto-Indo-Iraniančatwā́rasfour
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

Words derived from “चतुर्”

  • Charminar
  • chaturanga
  • ajedrecista
  • ajedrezado
  • ajedrez
  • شطرنج
  • شَطْرَنْج
  • ճատրակ
  • చార్మినారు
  • చతుర్దశము
  • शतरंज
  • شترنگ
  • شطرنج
  • ahedres
  • ahedres
  • चतुरङ्ग
  • चतुर्दश
  • चातुर्मास्य
  • ճատրակ
  • sataranji
  • catur
  • catur
  • ចត្រង្គ
  • caturaṅga
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