As a deity name
Name 246 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
ताम्र · noun · masculine
ताँबा · एक प्रकार का कोढ़ · अंजना या ताँबिया लाल रंग (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
ताम्र · adj
ताँबे का बना हुआ · ताँबे के रंग का । ताँबे जैसा — Śabdasāgara
ताम्र · masculine
copper
Platts (p. 306) also records: Of a coppery red colour
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi ताम्र — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit ताम्र (tāmra). Doublet of ताँबा (tāmbā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
tāmra mf(ā)n. (√ tam, Uṇ.) of a coppery red colour, VS. xvi (Naigh. iii, 7), MBh. &c. (tāmrā tvac, the 4th of the 7 membranes with which an embryo is covered, Suśr. iii, 4, 2)
tāmra mf(ī)n. made of copper, R. iii, 21, 17; Suśr.; Mn. vi, 53/54; BhavP.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(√ tam, ) of a coppery red colour, &c. (tāmrā tvac, the 4th of the 7 membranes with which an embryo is covered, )
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "tāmra" is the vocative of "tāmrā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
tāmra mf(ā)n. (√ tam, Uṇ.) of a coppery red colour, VS. xvi (Naigh. iii, 7), MBh. &c. (tāmrā tvac, the 4th of the 7 membranes with which an embryo is covered, Suśr. iii, 4, 2)
tāmra mf(ī)n. made of copper, R. iii, 21, 17; Suśr.; Mn. vi, 53/54; BhavP.
tāmra m. a kind of leprosy with large red spots, Karmavip.
N. of a son of Naraka Bhauma, BhP. x, 59, 12
= -dvīpa, MBh. ii, 1172; Romakas.
tāmrā (ā), f. Rubia Munjista, Npr.
a red kind of Abrus, ib.
Alternative readings
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