કાયર

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Gujarati

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀸𑀬𑀭 (kāyara), from Sanskrit कातर (kātara).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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કાયર (kāyar)

  1. timid; cowardly
    Synonym: બીકણ (bīkaṇ)
    Antonym: વીર (vīr)
    • 1968, Dulerāya Kārāṇī, Kaccha kalāghara[1], page 138:
      તે ચોરીછૂપીથી પોતાના શત્રુનો નાશ કરાવનાર એક કાયર નર ન હતો.
      te corīchūpīthī potānā śatruno nāś karāvnār eka kāyar nar na hato.
      He was not a cowardly man who secretly destroyed his enemies.
  2. lazy

Noun

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કાયર (kāyarm

  1. a dirty or ugly man
  2. a pimp

Noun

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કાયર (kāyarn

  1. a person of low caste

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