-एरा

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Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /eː.ɾɑː/,

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. (non-productive) expresses connection of sense with a stem nominal form
    बाघ (bāgh, tiger) + ‎-एरा (-erā) → ‎बघेरा (bagherā, tiger cub, leopard)
  2. (non-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

Suffix

-एरा (-erā)

  1. agentive suffix
    काँच (kā̃c, glass) + ‎-एरा (-erā) → ‎कँचेरा (kãcerā, a glass-worker)
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