kattan

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English

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Noun

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kattan (uncountable)

  1. (India, historical) The waste selvage in silk weaving, used for stringing ornaments.
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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -an (instantaneous verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒtːɒn]
  • Hyphenation: kat‧tan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

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kattan

  1. (intransitive) to click (to make one short clicking sound)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

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References

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  1. ^ kattan in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • kattan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Swedish

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Noun

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kattan

  1. definite singular of katta

Anagrams

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