कुरता

See also: करते, करोति, कीर्त्, क्रांति, करता, कीर्ति, कर्ता, and करती

Hindi

Alternative forms

• कुर्ता (kurtā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کرته (kurta).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʊɾ.t̪ɑː/, [kʊɾ.t̪äː]

Noun

कुरता • (kurtā) m (Urdu spelling کرتہ)

1. kurta (a loose-fitting shirt commonly worn by both men and women in South Asia)

Declension

Declension of कुरता (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कुरता kurtā	कुरते kurte
oblique	कुरते kurte	कुरतों kurtõ
vocative	कुरते kurte	कुरतो kurto

Descendants

• → English: kurta, khurta; kurti
  • → Polish: kurta
• → Telugu: కుర్తా (kurtā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कुरता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कुरता”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “कुरता”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “कुरता”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Hardev Bahri (2013) “कुरता”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

• “कुर्ता”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
• “कुर्ता”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.