तीर्थंकर

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit तीर्थंकर (tīrthaṃkara), a compound of तीर्थ (tīrtha, “ford”) + कर (kara, “maker”), where "ford" refers to the Jain philosophical concept of samsara.

Noun

तीर्थंकर • (tīrthaṅkar) m (Urdu spelling تیرتھنکر)

1. (Jainism) a Tirthankara (one of the 24 teachers of the dharma)

Declension

Declension of तीर्थंकर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तीर्थंकर tīrthaṅkar	तीर्थंकर tīrthaṅkar
oblique	तीर्थंकर tīrthaṅkar	तीर्थंकरों tīrthaṅkarõ
vocative	तीर्थंकर tīrthaṅkar	तीर्थंकरो tīrthaṅkaro

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “तीर्थंकर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha