तलवार

See also: तल्वार, तलवारी, and तल्वारी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तरवारि (taravāri). Cognate with Rajasthani तरवार, Gujarati તલવાર (talvār), Marathi तलवार (talvār), Sindhi تَرارِ / तरारि, Punjabi ਤਲਵਾਰ (talvār) / تَلْوار (talvār), Nepali तरवार (tarawār), Maithili तरुआरि (taruārɨ) / 𑒞𑒩𑒳𑒂𑒩𑒱 (taruāri), তলোয়ার (tolōẇar), Assamese তৰোৱাল (torüal).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪əl.ʋɑːɾ/, [t̪ɐl.ʋäːɾ]

Noun

तलवार • (talvār) f (Urdu spelling تَلْوَار)

1. sword

   Synonyms: तरवारि (tarvāri), तेग़ (teġ), खड्ग (khaḍg), शमशेर (śamśer)

Declension

Declension of तलवार (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तलवार talvār	तलवारें talvārẽ
oblique	तलवार talvār	तलवारों talvārõ
vocative	तलवार talvār	तलवारो talvāro

Derived terms

• तलवारी (talvārī)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तलवार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तलवार”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• “तलवार”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘝𑘨𑘳𑘪𑘨𑘲 (taruvarī), from Sanskrit तरवारि (taravāri). Compare Rajasthani तरवार, Gujarati તલવાર (talvār), Hindustani تَلْوَار (talvār) / तलवार (talvār), Sindhi تَرارِ / तरारि, Punjabi ਤਲਵਾਰ (talvār) / تَلْوار (talvār), Nepali तरवार (tarawār), Maithili तरुआरि (taruārɨ) / 𑒞𑒩𑒳𑒂𑒩𑒱 (taruāri), Bengali তরবারি (torbari), তরোয়াল (torōẇal), Assamese তৰোৱাল (torüal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪əl.ʋaɾ/

Noun

तलवार • (talvār) f

1. sword

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “तलवार”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “तरवार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “तरवार”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “taravāri”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press