कातर mfn. mf(आ)n. (
etym. doubtful, perhaps from
कतर, ‘uncertain as to which of the two’
[BRD.] ), cowardly, faint-hearted, timid, despairing, discouraged, disheartened, confused, agitated, perplexed, embarrassed, shrinking, frightened, afraid of (
loc. or
inf. or in
comp. ),
[R.] ;
[Mṛcch.] ;
[Ragh.] ;
[Megh.] ;
[Śak.] ;
[Pañcat.] ;
[Hit.] कातर m. m. a kind of large fish (
CyprinusCatla,
कातल),
[L.] कातरायण N. of a man (See )
कातर n. n. (in
स-कातर) ‘timidity, despair, agitation.’