तलवार

See also: तल्वार, तलवारी, and तल्वारी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तरवारि (taravāri).

Cognates

Assamese তৰোৱাল (torüal), Bengali তলোয়ার (tolōẇar), Gujarati તલવાર (talvār), Kashmiri तरवार (tarawār), Konkani तलवार (talvār), Marathi तलवार (talvār), Marwari तरवार (tarvār), Nepali तरवार (tarawār), Odia ତରୁଆରି (taruāri), Punjabi تَلْوار / ਤਲਵਾਰ (talvār), and Sindhi ترارِ / तरारि (tarāri).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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