तिरस्कार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तिरस्कार (tiraskāra), a compound of तिरस् (tiras) +‎ -कार (-kāra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɪ.ɾəs.kɑːɾ/, [t̪ɪ.ɾɐs.käːɾ]

Noun

तिरस्कार • (tiraskār) m

1. scorn, disdain
2. disrespect, humiliation

Declension

Declension of तिरस्कार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तिरस्कार tiraskār	तिरस्कार tiraskār
oblique	तिरस्कार tiraskār	तिरस्कारों tiraskārõ
vocative	तिरस्कार tiraskār	तिरस्कारो tiraskāro

Derived terms

• तिरस्कार करना (tiraskār karnā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तिरस्कार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 447.