tatpuruṣa

See also: tatpurusa

English

Alternative forms

• tatpurusa, tatpurusha

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तत्पुरुष (tatpuruṣa), itself an example of tatpuruṣa.

Noun

tatpuruṣa (plural tatpuruṣas)

1. (Sanskrit grammar, lexicography) A dependent determinative compound, i.e. a compound XY meaning a type of Y which is related to X in a way corresponding to one of the grammatical cases of X.

See also

• Category:English tatpurusa compounds

Further reading

• tatpurusa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• atpatruus