تہوار

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Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa तिहिवार (tihivāra), from Sanskrit *तिथि-वार (tithi-vāra).[1] First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi تیوہار (tyvhar /⁠tiyohār⁠/).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

تِہْوَار (tihvārm (Hindi spelling तिहवार or तेहवार)

  1. day of festival, celebration, holiday

Declension

    Declension of تہوار
singular plural
direct تِہْوَار (tihvār) تِہْوَار (tihvār)
oblique تِہْوَار (tihvār) تِہْوَاروں (tihvārõ)
vocative تِہْوَار (tihvār) تِہْوَارو (tihvāro)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*tithivāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 331
  2. ^ تہوار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

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