तेवर

Hindi

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit तैमिर (taimira, “dimness of the eyes”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪eː.ʋəɾ/, [t̪eː.ʋɐɾ]

Noun

तेवर • (tevar) m (Urdu spelling تیور)

1. expression, look
2. look of anger

   तल्ख़ तेवर ― talx tevar ― a look of acrimonious anger

3. (figurative, anatomy) eyebrow, brow

   Synonyms: भौंह (bha͠uh), भृकुटी (bhŕkuṭī)

Declension

Declension of तेवर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तेवर tevar	तेवर tevar
oblique	तेवर tevar	तेवरों tevarõ
vocative	तेवर tevar	तेवरो tevaro

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तेवर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press