तवा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀯𑀬 (tavaya), from a variant of Sanskrit तापक (tāpaka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tāpakas, from Proto-Indo-European *tep-. Cognate with Persian تاوه (tâve).

Noun

तवा • (tavā) m (Urdu spelling توا)

1. pan, griddle

Declension

Declension of तवा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तवा tavā	तवे tave
oblique	तवे tave	तवों tavõ
vocative	तवे tave	तवो tavo

Descendants

• → English: tawa

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tapaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press