-एरा

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /eː.ɾɑː/, [eː.ɾäː]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀅 (-a) + -𑀬𑀭 (-yara), from Sanskrit -तर (-tara), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-taras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-taras, from Proto-Indo-European *-teros.

Suffix

-एरा • (-erā)

1. (no longer productive) expresses connection of sense with a stem nominal form

   ‎बाघ (bāgh, “tiger”) + ‎-एरा (-erā) → ‎बघेरा (bagherā, “tiger cub, leopard”)

2. (no longer productive) patronymic

   ‎चाचा (cācā, “uncle”) + ‎-एरा (-erā) → ‎चचेरा (cacerā, “related through a paternal uncle, a cousin”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀅 (-a) + 𑀕𑀭 (gara), from Sanskrit -कर (-kara, “doer”)

Alternative forms

• -आरा (-ārā)

Suffix

-एरा • (-erā)

1. agentive suffix

   ‎काँच (kā̃c, “glass”) + ‎-एरा (-erā) → ‎कँचेरा (kãcerā, “a glass-worker”)

Declension

Declension of -एरा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	-एरा -erā	-एरे -ere	-एरी -erī	-एरी -erī
oblique	-एरे -ere	-एरे -ere	-एरी -erī	-एरी -erī
vocative	-एरे -ere	-एरे -ere	-एरी -erī	-एरी -erī

Derived terms

Hindi terms suffixed with -एरा

कमेरा

कसेरा

बघेरा

लुटेरा

सपेरा

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “-एरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press