# कटक
## Braj
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कटक (kaṭaka).

### Noun

कटक (kaṭak) m
* army, host
* bracelet

## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कटक (kaṭaka).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kə.ʈək/, [kɐ.ʈɐk]

### Noun

कटक • (kaṭak) m
* (geography) ridge
* army, host
** 1874, Duncan Forbes, The baital-pachisi: or, The Twenty-five tales of a demon, page 81:राजा कटक लिये हुवेली घेरे हुए थाrājā kaṭak liye huvelī ghere hue thā(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Proper noun

कटक • (kaṭak) m
* Cuttack

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कटक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “कटक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कटक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* কটক (Assamese script)
* ᬓᬝᬓ (Balinese script)
* কটক (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰘𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑀝𑀓 (Brahmi script)
* ကဋက (Burmese script)
* કટક (Gujarati script)
* ਕਟਕ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑌟𑌕 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦛꦏ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂗𑂍 (Kaithi script)
* ಕಟಕ (Kannada script)
* កដក (Khmer script)
* ກຏກ (Lao script)
* കടക (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᠠᢞᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘘𑘎 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠠᢌᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑦸𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑐚𑐎 (Newa script)
* କଟକ (Odia script)
* ꢒꢜꢒ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆛𑆑 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖘𑖎 (Siddham script)
* කටක (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩦𑩜 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚔𑚊 (Takri script)
* கடக (Tamil script)
* కటక (Telugu script)
* กฏก (Thai script)
* ཀ་ཊ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒙𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨔𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kɐ.ʈɐ.kɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkɐ.ʈɐ.kɐ/

### Etymology 1

Probably related to कट (kaṭa, “a twist of straw, straw mat”).

#### Noun

कटक • (kaṭaka) stem, m or n
* a string
* a bracelet of gold or shell etc.
* a zone
* the link of a chain
* a ring serving for a bridle-bit
* a ring placed as ornament upon an elephant's tusk
* a circle, wheel

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Of unclear, possibly Dravidian, origin.

#### Noun

कटक • (kaṭaka) stem, m or n
* a royal camp
* an army
* a multitude, troop, caravan
* collection, compilation
* sea salt

#### Proper noun

कटक • (kaṭaka) stem, m or n
* name of the capital of the Orissa: Cuttack

### Etymology 3

Probably from the same origin as घट्ट (ghaṭṭa, “wharf; riverside steps”).

#### Noun

कटक • (kaṭaka) stem, m or n
* the side or ridge of a hill or mountain
* a valley, dale

### Etymology 4

From कट (kaṭa, “straw mat”).

#### Noun

कटक • (kaṭaka) stem, m
* a twist of straw, a straw mat

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “कटक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 243/3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 46-7
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 140