# katar
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kə.tɑɹ/

### Noun

katar (plural katars)
* Alternative form of katara (“type of dagger”)
** 1892, Thomas Holbein Hendley, Damascening on Steel Or Iron, as Practised in India‎, page 11:We now come to the Katar, or Indian dagger, which affords ample room for the display of the greatest ingenuity and artistic power of the damascener.

### Anagrams

* karat, rak'at, tarka

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkatar]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

katar m inan
* (pathology) catarrh
    Synonym: zánět sliznic

##### Related terms

* katarální

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

katar m anim
* Cathar

##### Declension
### Further reading

* “katar”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
* “katar”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “katar”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

From Armenian կատար (katar).

### Noun

katar ?
* comb, crest (of birds)

### References

* 1 2 Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 321a
* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կատար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 538b
* ↑ Orbeli, I. A. (2002) “katar”, in Курдско-русский словарь [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary] (Избранные труды в двух томах; II.2)‎ (in Russian), edited by Ž. S. Musaeljan and I. I. Cukerman from the author's manuscript written during his 1911–1912 Moks expedition, Yerevan: Academy Press, →ISBN, page 99a
* ↑ Mukriyanî, Gîw (1999) “کاتار”, in Ferhengî kurdistan [Kurdistan dictionary], Erbil: Aras, page 728

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.tar/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -atar
* Syllabification: ka‧tar
* Homophone: Katar

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin catarrhus, from Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ρροος (kătắrrhoos).

#### Noun

katar m inan (diminutive katarek)
* (medicine) catarrh, cold
* runny nose

##### Derived terms

* katar sienny

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Catharī, from Byzantine Greek καθαροί (katharoí), from καθαρός (katharós), from Ancient Greek καθαρός (katharós).

#### Noun

katar m pers
* (Christianity, historical) Cathar, Catharist

##### Declension
### Further reading

* katar in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* katar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Tetum
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gatəl.

### Noun

katar
* itch

### Further reading

* Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قطار (“line of men, animals, wagons; railway train”), from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār, “line of camels”).

### Noun

katar (definite accusative katarı, plural katarlar) (obsolescing except in some compounds, describing old fashioned vehicles and certain pack animals which lines up)
* caravan
* convoy
* (dated) (transport) waggons
    Synonym: vagon

#### Synonyms

* konvoy (more common especially in modern transportation)
* kervan (like "katar" it is a more natural way of describing a convoy or procession of travelers, specially in a historical context, and their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals)

## Volapük
### Noun

katar (nominative plural katars)
* (pathology) catarrh

#### Declension

* $^1$ status as a case is disputed
* $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only