تلوار

Punjabi

Etymology

From Sanskrit तरवारि (taravāri).

Noun

تلوار • (talavār) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਲਵਾਰ)

  1. sword

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तरवारि (taravāri, “sword; scimitar”).

Compare with Punjabi تَلوار‎ (talvār) and Sindhi ترارِ‎ (tarārī).

Pronunciation

Noun

تلوار • (talvār) f (Hindi spelling तलवार)

  1. sword
    Synonym: شمشیر‎ (śamśīr)

Declension
Declension of تلوار
singular plural
direct تلوار‎ (talvār) تلواریں‎ (talvārẽ)
oblique تلوار‎ (talvār) تلواروں‎ (talvārõ)
vocative تلوار‎ (talvār) تلوارو‎ (talvāro)

Derived terms
  • تلواری‎ (talvārī)
  • تَلوار باز‎ (talvār-bāz, “swordsman”)
  • تَلوار بازی‎ (talvār-bāzī, “sword-fighting; fencing”)
  • تَلْوار بَنْد‎ (talvār-band, “warrior; soldier”, literally “sword-holder”)
  • نَنْگی تَلوار‎ (naṇgī-talvār, “unsheathed sword; fearless person”, literally “naked sword”)

References
  • “تلوار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “تلوار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884), “تلوار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • “تلوار”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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