kattan

English

Noun

kattan (uncountable)

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

References

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

kattan

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • kattanás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átkattan
  • bekattan
  • belekattan
  • elkattan
  • felkattan
  • helyrekattan
  • kikattan
  • lekattan
  • megkattan
  • összekattan
  • rákattan
  • visszakattan

References

  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

  • 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

Noun

kattan

  1. definite singular of katta

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