كٹكنہ

kaṭkana[prob. S.कृत् +अ+खण्डकः; cf. the form kaṭkhanā], s.m. A model, pattern, copy; outline, sketch, skeleton, frame-work; plan, design, scheme; regulation; dotted letter (to be filled in by a pupil learning to write);—art; trick;—an under-farm, a sub-lease;—adj. Scheming, shrewd, cunning:—kaṭkane-dār, s.m. Under-lessee, sub-tenant, farmer:—kaṭkana denā, or kaṭkana karnā(-ko), To sublet, to farm out:—kaṭkane kāṛhnā, To set a copy of skeleton letters.