The story
- Hindi · derived fromकाटना“to cut”
- Hindi · borrowed fromकटुआ
- English todaykatwa
Borrowed from Hindi कटुआ (kaṭuā), derived from Hindi काटना (kāṭnā, “to cut”), referring to the Muslim practice of circumcision. Compare with Konkani कापो (kāpo).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.