तांबे

Marathi

Alternative forms

• तांबं (tāmba)

Etymology

Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀢𑀁𑀩 (taṃba), from Sanskrit ताम्र (tāmrá). Cognate with Gujarati તાંબું (tā̃bũ), Hindi ताँबा (tāmbā), Punjabi ਤਾਂਬਾ (tāmbā), Bengali তামা (tama), Assamese তাম (tam). Doublet of ताम्र (tāmra).

Noun

तांबे • (tāmbe) n

1. copper

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “तांबे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “तांबें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “तांबें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tāmrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press