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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tr̥Hás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tr̥Hás, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂-ós, from *terh₂-. Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬋 (tarō), Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠taraʰ⁠/), Latin trāns, English through.

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

तिरस् (tirás)

  1. through [+accusative]
  2. across, beyond, over [+accusative]
  3. so as to pass by, apart from, without, against [+accusative]
  4. apart or secretly from [+ablative]
  5. obliquely, transversely
  6. apart, secretly

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tirás”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 119.
  3. ^ Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 78.

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