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Latvian
Adjective
tīra
- inflection of tīrs:
- genitive singular masculine
- nominative singular feminine
Verb
tīra
- third-person singular/plural present indicative of tīrīt
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of tīrīt
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of tīrīt
Maori
Etymology
From English steel.
Noun
tīra
- steel
Pali
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- 𑀢𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- तीर (Devanagari script)
- তীর (Bengali script)
- තීර (Sinhalese script)
- တီရ or တဳရ (Burmese script)
- ตีร or ตีระ (Thai script)
- ᨲᩦᩁ (Tai Tham script)
- ຕີຣ or ຕີຣະ (Lao script)
- តីរ (Khmer script)
- 𑄖𑄩𑄢 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit तीर (tīra). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀢𑀻𑀭 (tīra).
Noun
tīra n
- shore, riverbank
te raṭṭhasmā pabbājitā himavantapasse pokkharaṇiyā tīre mahāsākasaṇḍo, tattha vāsaṃ kappesuṃ.- And being thus banished they took up their dwelling on the slopes of the Himālaya, on the borders of a lake where a mighty oak tree grew.
Declension
Declension table of "tīra" (neuter)
References
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “tīra”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead, page 304
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tī́ra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 333