कुटिल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुटिल (kuṭila, “crooked”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʊ.ʈɪl/

Adjective

कुटिल • (kuṭil) (indeclinable)

1. crooked

   Synonym: टेढ़ा (ṭeṛhā)

2. devious, cynical, untrustworthy

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কুটিল (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬸᬝᬶᬮ (Balinese script)
• কুটিল (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰲𑰘𑰰𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀼𑀝𑀺𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ကုဋိလ (Burmese script)
• કુટિલ (Gujarati script)
• ਕੁਟਿਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍁𑌟𑌿𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦸꦛꦶꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂳𑂗𑂱𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಕುಟಿಲ (Kannada script)
• កុដិល (Khmer script)
• ກຸຏິລ (Lao script)
• കുടില (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡠᢞᡳᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘳𑘘𑘱𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠤᢌᠢᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧔𑦸𑧒𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐸𑐚𑐶𑐮 (Newa script)
• କୁଟିଲ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢸꢜꢶꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆶𑆛𑆴𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖲𑖘𑖰𑖩 (Siddham script)
• කුටිල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩒𑩦𑩑𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚰𑚔𑚮𑚥 (Takri script)
• குடில (Tamil script)
• కుటిల (Telugu script)
• กุฏิล (Thai script)
• ཀུ་ཊི་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒳𑒙𑒱𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨃𑨔𑨁𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From कुटि (kuṭi, “a curvature, a bend”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ku.ʈi.lɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ʈi.l̪ɐ/

Adjective

कुटिल • (kuṭila) stem

1. dishonest

   कुटिलयाचना ― kuṭilayācanā ― a dishonest request

2. crooked, bent

   Synonym: कुटिक (kuṭika)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कुटिल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 288.