As a Hindi name
टेरना
to call, summon
Śabdasāgara also records: गाने में ऊँचा स्वर । तान । टीप · बुलाने का ऊँचा शब्द । पुकारने की आवाज । बुलाहट । पुकार । हाँक
Platts (p. 367) also records: Passed, spent ( = ter, q.v.)
a Hindi word of pra-pro origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *टेरइ (ṭeraï). Cognate with Nepali टेर्नु (ṭernu, “to regard”), Bengali টের (ṭer), Odia ଟେର (ṭera).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
squinting
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
ṭera mfn. squinting, W.
ṭera, -ṭeraka a. Squint-eyed.
ṭera mfn. (-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Squint-eyed.
Alternative readings
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