तीर्थ
Hindi
Noun
तीर्थ • (tīrth) m (Urdu spelling تیرتھ)
- (Hinduism, Jainism) place of pilgrimage, tirtha; a pilgrimage
Declension
Derived terms
- तीर्थ करना (tīrth karnā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तीर्थ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 455
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- *तूर्थ (tūrtha)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- তীৰ্থ (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬷᬃᬣ (Balinese script)
- তীর্থ (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰱𑰨𑰿𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀻𑀭𑁆𑀣 (Brahmi script)
- တီရ်္ထ (Burmese script)
- તીર્થ (Gujarati script)
- ਤੀਰ੍ਥ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌥 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦷꦂꦡ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂲𑂩𑂹𑂟 (Kaithi script)
- ತೀರ್ಥ (Kannada script)
- តីថ៌ (Khmer script)
- ຕີຣ຺ຖ (Lao script)
- തീര്ഥ (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᡳᡳᡵᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘲𑘨𑘿𑘞 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠢᠢᠷᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑧓𑧈𑧠𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐷𑐬𑑂𑐠 (Newa script)
- ତୀର୍ଥ (Odia script)
- ꢡꢷꢬ꣄ꢢ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆵𑆫𑇀𑆡 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖱𑖨𑖿𑖞 (Siddham script)
- තීර්ථ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩑𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩬 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚯𑚤𑚶𑚚 (Takri script)
- தீர்த² (Tamil script)
- తీర్థ (Telugu script)
- ตีรฺถ (Thai script)
- ཏཱི་རྠ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒲𑒩𑓂𑒟 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨁𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨚 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *tr̥Htʰám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tr̥Htʰám, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂-th₂ó-, from *terh₂- (“to cross over”).
Noun
तीर्थ • (tīrtha) stem, n
- A passage, way or road; that which affords transit:
- A ford; a crossing at a river.
- Stairs for descent into a river,
- A channel or canal; an artificial watercourse.
- (Vedic religion) The path to the altar between the चात्वाल (cātvāla, “sacrificial pit”) and उत्कर (utkara, “pile of refuse”).
- Something sacred or revered; a holy thing or place:
- Someone sacred or revered; a holy or wise person:
- The right place, time, or means.
- Advice, instruction; that which gives direction.
- A woman's sexual organs; the vulva.
- The menstrual cycle; a woman's period.
Derived terms
- तीर्थक (tīrthaka)
- तीर्थिक (tīrthika)
Descendants
Proper noun
तीर्थ • (tīrtha) stem, n
- A male given name.
- (Hinduism) One of the ten orders of ascetics founded by Adi Shankara (its members add तीर्थ (tīrtha) to their names)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “tīrtha”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 449.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tīrtha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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