𑀢𑀻𑀭

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तीर (tīra). Cognate with Pali tīra.

Noun

𑀢𑀻𑀭 (tīra) n (Devanagari तीर)

1. bank, coast, shore

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀢𑀻𑀭 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀁 (tīraṃ)	𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀸𑀇𑀁 (tīrāiṃ) or 𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀸𑀇 (tīrāi)
Accusative	𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀁 (tīraṃ)	𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀸𑀇𑀁 (tīrāiṃ) or 𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀸𑀇 (tīrāi)
Instrumental	𑀢𑀻𑀭𑁂𑀡 (tīreṇa) or 𑀢𑀻𑀭𑁂𑀡𑀁 (tīreṇaṃ)	𑀢𑀻𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺 (tīrehi) or 𑀢𑀻𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (tīrehiṃ)
Dative	𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀸𑀅 (tīrāa)	—
Ablative	𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀸𑀑 (tīrāo) or 𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀸𑀉 (tīrāu) or 𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀸 (tīrā) or 𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺 (tīrāhi) or 𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (tīrāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲 (tīrassa)	𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀸𑀡 (tīrāṇa) or 𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀁 (tīrāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (tīrammi) or 𑀢𑀻𑀭𑁂 (tīre)	𑀢𑀻𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼 (tīresu) or 𑀢𑀻𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (tīresuṃ)
Vocative	𑀢𑀻𑀭 (tīra) or 𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀸 (tīrā)	𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀸𑀇𑀁 (tīrāiṃ) or 𑀢𑀻𑀭𑀸𑀇 (tīrāi)

Descendants

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani: tīr

    Hindi: तीर

    Urdu: تیر

• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Marathi: tīra

    Devanagari script: तीर

    Modi script: 𑘝𑘲𑘨

    • Marathi: तीर (tīr)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Gujarati: તીર (tīr)

Further reading

More information

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “तीर”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 439.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tī́ra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 333