तैराक
Hindi
Etymology
From तैरना (tairnā, “to swim”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪ɛː.ɾɑːk/, [t̪ɛː.ɾäːk]
Noun
तैराक • (tairāk) m (Urdu spelling تَیْراک)
- swimmer
- Antonym: अतैराक (atairāk)
- 1967, Om Prakash Sharma, साँझ का सूरज [sāñjh kā sūraj, The Sun of Evening], 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.
- tairākī ke mukāble mẽ lālā kī nāv tairākõ ke sāth-sāth hī caltī.
Declension
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.
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