तेवर

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Sanskrit तैमिर (taimira, “dimness of the eyes”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

तेवर • (tevar) m (Urdu spelling تیور)

expression, look
look of anger
तल्ख़ तेवर ― talx tevar ― a look of acrimonious anger
(figurative, anatomy) eyebrow, brow
Synonyms: भौंह (bha͠uh), भृकुटी (bhŕkuṭī)

Declension edit

Declension of तेवर (masc cons-stem)

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

References edit

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

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “taimira”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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