कुटिल

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʊ.ʈɪl/

Adjective

कुटिल • (kuṭil) (indeclinable)

crooked
Synonym: टेढ़ा (ṭeṛhā)
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

dishonest
कुटिलयाचना ― kuṭilayācanā ― a dishonest request
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.

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