catur

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• katur, catuar, katuar, catuor, katuor

Etymology

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

Verb

catur

1. to find

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Indonesian cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : catur

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.tur/
• Hyphenation: ca‧tur

Numeral

catur

1. four

Alternative forms

• catur-

Synonyms

• empat

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.tur/
• Hyphenation: ca‧tur

Noun

catur (first-person possessive caturku, second-person possessive caturmu, third-person possessive caturnya)

1. (sports) chess (two-player board game)

   synonym: sekak

2. 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

1. Romanization of ꦕꦠꦸꦂ

Malay

Alternative forms

• chator

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃato(r)/
• Rhymes: -ato(r), -to(r), -o(r)

Etymology 1

Malay cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : catur

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

Numeral

catur (Jawi spelling چاتور)

1. 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)

1. chess (two-player board game)

Descendants

• Indonesian: catur
• → Maguindanao: satol
• → Maranao: sator
• → Tagalog: satol

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

1. four

Noun

catur

1. 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

Pali cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : catur     Ordinal : catuttha

Alternative forms

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)

Alternative forms

• 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 (catur).

Numeral

catur

1. four

Declension

Declension table of "catur" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	cattāro or caturo
Accusative (second)	cattāro or caturo
Instrumental (third)	catūhi or catuhi or catubbhi
Dative (fourth)	catunnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	catūhi or catuhi or catubbhi
Genitive (sixth)	catunnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	catūsu or catusu

Declension table of "catur" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	catasso
Accusative (second)	catasso
Instrumental (third)	catūhi or catuhi or catubbhi
Dative (fourth)	catassannaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	catūhi or catuhi or catubbhi
Genitive (sixth)	catassannaṃ
Locative (seventh)	catūsu or catusu

Declension table of "catur" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	cattāri
Accusative (second)	cattāri
Instrumental (third)	catūhi or catuhi or catubbhi
Dative (fourth)	catunnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	catūhi or catuhi or catubbhi
Genitive (sixth)	catunnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	catūsu or catusu

Derived terms

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