ताम्र
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Hindi
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| Cu | |
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Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit ताम्र (tāmra). Doublet of ताँबा (tāmbā).
Pronunciation
Noun
ताम्र • (tāmra) m (Urdu spelling تامر)
Declension
Declension of ताम्र (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms
- ताम्र गन्धेय (tāmra gandhey, “copper sulfide”)
- ताम्र जारेय (tāmra jārey, “copper oxide”)
- ताम्र भास्वीय (tāmra bhāsvīya, “copper phosphate”)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- তাম্ৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬵᬫ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- তাম্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰯𑰦𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- တာမြ (Burmese script)
- તામ્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਤਾਮ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦴꦩꦿ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂰𑂧𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ತಾಮ್ರ (Kannada script)
- តាម្រ (Khmer script)
- ຕາມ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- താമ്ര (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠ᠊ᠠᠮᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘰𑘦𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᢗᠮᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑧑𑧆𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐵𑐩𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ତାମ୍ର (Odia script)
- ꢡꢵꢪ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆳𑆩𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖯𑖦𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- තාම්ර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩛𑩴 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚭𑚢𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
- தாம்ர (Tamil script)
- తామ్ర (Telugu script)
- ตามฺร (Thai script)
- ཏཱ་མྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒰𑒧𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨊𑨢𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Related to तमस् (tamas, “gloom, darkness, obscurity”),[1] as copper is a dark-colored metal, perhaps via a Proto-Indo-European form *tm̥H-ró-, with the long ā vowel perhaps stemming from analogical influence of forms in तम् (tam).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
ताम्र • (tāmrá) stem, n
Declension
| Neuter a-stem declension of ताम्र (tāmrá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ताम्रम् tāmrám |
ताम्रे tāmré |
ताम्राणि / ताम्रा¹ tāmrā́ṇi / tāmrā́¹ |
| Vocative | ताम्र tā́mra |
ताम्रे tā́mre |
ताम्राणि / ताम्रा¹ tā́mrāṇi / tā́mrā¹ |
| Accusative | ताम्रम् tāmrám |
ताम्रे tāmré |
ताम्राणि / ताम्रा¹ tāmrā́ṇi / tāmrā́¹ |
| Instrumental | ताम्रेण tāmréṇa |
ताम्राभ्याम् tāmrā́bhyām |
ताम्रैः / ताम्रेभिः¹ tāmraíḥ / tāmrébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | ताम्राय tāmrā́ya |
ताम्राभ्याम् tāmrā́bhyām |
ताम्रेभ्यः tāmrébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | ताम्रात् tāmrā́t |
ताम्राभ्याम् tāmrā́bhyām |
ताम्रेभ्यः tāmrébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | ताम्रस्य tāmrásya |
ताम्रयोः tāmráyoḥ |
ताम्राणाम् tāmrā́ṇām |
| Locative | ताम्रे tāmré |
ताम्रयोः tāmráyoḥ |
ताम्रेषु tāmréṣu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
- ताम्रपर्णी (tāmraparṇī)
Descendants
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀢𑀁𑀩 (taṃba)
- Fiji Hindi: tamba
- Helu Prakrit:
- Sinhalese: තඹ (taᵐba)
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀢𑀁𑀩 (taṃba)
- Marathi: तांबे (tāmbe)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀢𑀁𑀩 (taṃba)
- → Hindi: ताम्र (tāmra)
- → Kannada: ತಾಮ್ರ (tāmra)
- → Malayalam: താമ്ര (tāmra), താമ്രം (tāmraṁ)
- → Tulu: താംബ്ര (tāmbra)
- → Sindhi: टामो
- → Tamil: தாமிரம் (tāmiram)
- → Telugu: తామ్రము (tāmramu)
- ⇒ Sanskrit: ताम्रक (tāmraka)
See also
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*tem(ǝ)-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1063-1064
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “tāmrá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 642
Further reading
- “ताम्र” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 201, column 2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ताम्र”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 108
- Monier Williams (1899) “ताम्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 443, column 1.