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Hindi
Pronunciation
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)
- (non-productive) expresses connection of sense with a stem nominal form
- बाघ (bāgh, “tiger”) + -एरा (-erā) → बघेरा (bagherā, “tiger cub, leopard”)
- (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”)
Suffix
-एरा • (-erā)
- agentive suffix
- काँच (kā̃c, “glass”) + -एरा (-erā) → कँचेरा (kãcerā, “a glass-worker”)
Declension
Declension of -एरा (ā-stem)
Derived terms
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