तैराक

Hindi

Etymology

From तैरना (tairnā, “to swim”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɛː.ɾɑːk/, [t̪ɛː.ɾäːk]

Noun

तैराक • (tairāk) m (Urdu spelling تَیْراک)

1. swimmer

   Antonym: अतैराक (atairāk)

   • 1967, Om Prakash Sharma, साँझ का सूरज [sāñjh kā sūraj, The Sun of Evening]‎^[1], Subodh Pocket Books, page 57:

     तैराकी के मुकाबले में लाला की नाव तैराकों के साथ-साथ ही चलती।
     “शाबाश बेटो, बढ़े चलो!” लाला तैराकों को प्रोत्साहन देते!

     tairākī ke mukāble mẽ lālā kī nāv tairākõ ke sāth-sāth hī caltī.
     “śābāś beṭo, baṛhe calo!” lālā tairākõ ko protsāhan dete!

     In the swimming competition, Lala's boat would go along with the swimmers.
     “Good job sons, keep going!” Lala would encourage the swimmers.

Declension

Declension of तैराक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तैराक tairāk	तैराक tairāk
oblique	तैराक tairāk	तैराकों tairākõ
vocative	तैराक tairāk	तैराको tairāko

Derived terms

• तैराकी (tairākī)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तैराक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 462
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “तैराक”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 292.
• “तैराक”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.