# catur
## Dalmatian
### Alternative forms

* katur, catuar, katuar, catuor, katuor

### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin captāre, possibly via Venetan catar on both semantic grounds (both mean 'find') and phonological (Dalmatian lacks the expected /p/; cf. sapto < Latin septem).

### Verb

catur
* to find

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

From Malay catur, from Sanskrit चतुर् (catur), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃa.tur/
* Hyphenation: ca‧tur

#### Numeral

catur
* four

##### Alternative forms

* catur-

##### Synonyms

* empat

### Etymology 2

From Malay catur, from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga), related to etymology 1.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃa.tur/
* Hyphenation: ca‧tur

#### Noun

catur (plural catur-catur)
* (sports) chess (two-player board game)
    synonym: sekak
* dialogue

### Further reading

* “catur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

catur
* Romanization of ꦕꦠꦸꦂ

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* chator

### Pronunciation

* (Johor, Riau) IPA: /t͡ʃato(r)/
* Rhymes: -ato(r), -to(r), -o(r)

### Etymology 1

From Sanskrit चतुर् (catur), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

#### Numeral

catur (Jawi spelling چاتور)
* four

##### Synonyms

* empat / امڤت

### Etymology 2

From Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga), related to etymology 1.

#### Noun

catur (Jawi spelling چاتور, informal 1st possessive caturku, 2nd possessive caturmu, 3rd possessive caturnya)
* chess (two-player board game)

##### Descendants

* Indonesian: catur
* → Maguindanao: satol
* → Maranao: sator
* → Tagalog: satol
* → Tausug: sattul

### Further reading

* “catur” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

From Sanskrit चतुर् (catur, “four”).

### Numeral

catur
* four

### Noun

catur
* a type of chess

### Derived terms

* acatur (“to play chess”)
* kacatur (“the fourth month”)
* catur-rakṣa
* caturaiśwarya
* caturapādika
* caturaśra
* caturaṅga
* caturaṅgabala
* caturaṅgabhṛtya
* caturaṅgalakṣaṇa
* caturbhaginī
* caturbhasma
* caturbhuja
* caturbhuwana
* caturbhāga
* caturbhūta
* caturdaśa
* caturdaśī
* caturdewatī
* caturdeśa
* caturdik
* caturdiśi
* caturdwija
* caturdwāra
* caturguṇa
* caturhasta
* caturhotra
* caturhotrawidhi
* caturjaladhi
* caturjana
* caturjanma
* caturjātaka
* caturkalpana
* caturkapāla
* caturlokapāla
* caturlābha
* caturmukha
* caturpada
* caturpāramitā
* catursandhi
* catursāmānya
* catursūkṣma
* caturtaṇḍamantri
* caturtha
* caturthiśāsana
* caturthī
* caturudayāstra
* caturupāya
* caturwaktra
* caturwarga
* caturwarṇa
* caturwarṇakrama
* caturwarṇāśrama
* caturweda
* caturwiphala
* caturwiṅśa
* caturyuga
* caturāsya
* caturāśrama
* caturāśramakarma
* caturāśrami
* cāturwaidya

### Descendants

* → Javanese: ꦕꦠꦸꦂ (catur) (see there for further descendants)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀘𑀢𑀼𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* चतुर् (Devanagari script)
* চতুর্ (Bengali script)
* චතුර් (Sinhalese script)
* စတုရ် or ၸတုရ် (Burmese script)
* จตุรฺ or จะตุร (Thai script)
* ᨧᨲᩩᩁ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
* ຈຕຸຣ຺ or ຈະຕຸຣ or ຈະຕຸລ (Lao script)
* ចតុរ៑ (Khmer script)
* 𑄌𑄖𑄪𑄢𑄴 (Chakma script)
* catu (Latin script)
* 𑀘𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* चतु (Devanagari script)
* চতু (Bengali script)
* චතු (Sinhalese script)
* စတု or ၸတု (Burmese script)
* จตุ or จะตุ (Thai script)
* ᨧᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
* ຈຕຸ or ຈະຕຸ (Lao script)
* ចតុ (Khmer script)
* 𑄌𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चतुर् (catúr).

### Numeral

catur
* four

#### Derived terms

* caturāsīti (“84”)
* caturaṅgika (“fourfold”)