As a Hindi name
तीर · tīr · s.m.
Shore, bank; margin, brink, edge — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 351
तीर · noun · masculine
नदी का किनारा । कूल । तट · पास । समीप । निकट · सीसा नामक धातु — Śabdasāgara
तीर · noun · masculine
बाण । शर — Śabdasāgara
तीर · feminine
Tir (fourth solar month of the Persian calendar); Mercury (planet)
तीर · masculine
shore; bank; margin; brink
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian تیر (tīr).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit तीर — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“From Sanskrit तीर (tīra).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. tīra m. tin (cf. tīvra), L.
tīra n. a kind of arrow (cf. Pers. تير), Pañcad. ii, 76
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of arrow (cf. Pers. تير)
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Dictionary citations
1. tīra m. tin (cf. tīvra), L.
tīra n. a kind of arrow (cf. Pers. تير), Pañcad. ii, 76
2. tīra n. (√ tṝ, Siddh. puṃl. 56) a shore, bank, AitBr. &c. (ifc. f(ā). , MBh.; R.; Ragh.; ifc., for derivatives cf. Pāṇ. iv, 2, 106 and 104, Vārtt. 2; ifc. ind., for accent cf. vi, 2, 121)
the brim of a vessel, ŚBr. vi, xiv.
tīra r. 10th cl. (tīrayati) To finish or complete, to get through or over.
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