-एरा

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /eː.ɾɑː/, [eː.ɾäː]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀅 (-a) + -𑀬𑀭 (-yara), from Sanskrit -तर (-tara), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-taras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-taras, from Proto-Indo-European *-teros.

Suffix

-एरा • (-erā)

  1. (non-productive) expresses connection of sense with a stem nominal form
    ‎बाघ (bāgh, “tiger”) + ‎-एरा (-erā) → ‎बघेरा (bagherā, “tiger cub, leopard”)
  2. (non-productive) patronymic
    ‎चाचा (cācā, “uncle”) + ‎-एरा (-erā) → ‎चचेरा (cacerā, “related through a paternal uncle, a cousin”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀅 (-a) + 𑀕𑀭 (gara), from Sanskrit -कर (-kara, “doer”)

Alternative forms

Suffix

-एरा • (-erā)

  1. agentive suffix
    ‎काँच (kā̃c, “glass”) + ‎-एरा (-erā) → ‎कँचेरा (kãcerā, “a glass-worker”)
Declension
Derived terms
Hindi terms suffixed with -एरा

References

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