ताम्र

Hindi
Chemical element
Cu
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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ताम्र (tāmra). Doublet of ताँबा (tāmbā).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪ɑːm.ɾᵊ/, [t̪ä̃ːm.ɾᵊ]

Noun

ताम्र • (tāmra) m (Urdu spelling تامر‎)

  1. copper

Declension
Declension of ताम्र (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct ताम्र
tāmra		 ताम्र
tāmra
oblique ताम्र
tāmra		 ताम्रों
tāmrõ
vocative ताम्र
tāmra		 ताम्रो
tāmro

Derived terms
  • ताम्र गन्धेय (tāmra gandhey, “copper sulfide”)
  • ताम्र जारेय (tāmra jārey, “copper oxide”)
  • ताम्र भास्वीय (tāmra bhāsvīya, “copper phosphate”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬢᬵᬫ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
  • তাম্ৰ (Assamese script)
  • তাম্র (Bengali script)
  • 𑰝𑰯𑰦𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀢𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
  • તામ્ર (Gujarati script)
  • ਤਾਮੑਰ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦠꦴꦩꦿ (Javanese script)
  • តាម្រ (Khmer script)
  • ತಾಮ್ರ (Kannada script)
  • ຕາມ຺ຣ (Lao script)
  • താമ്ര (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘝𑘰𑘦𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
  • ᢐᠠᢗᠮᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
  • တာမြ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦽𑧑𑧆𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐟𑐵𑐩𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
  • ତାମ୍ର (Oriya script)
  • ꢡꢵꢪ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆠𑆳𑆩𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖝𑖯𑖦𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
  • තාම්ර (Sinhalese script)
  • తామ్ర (Telugu script)
  • ตามฺร (Thai script)
  • ཏཱ་མྲ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒞𑒰𑒧𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Perhaps related to तमस् (tamas, “gloom, darkness, obscurity”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ताम्र • (tāmrá) n

  1. copper

Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of ताम्र (tāmrá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ताम्रम्
tāmrám		 ताम्रे
tāmré		 ताम्राणि / ताम्रा¹
tāmrā́ṇi / tāmrā́¹
Vocative ताम्र
tā́mra		 ताम्रे
tā́mre		 ताम्राणि / ताम्रा¹
tā́mrāṇi / tā́mrā¹
Accusative ताम्रम्
tāmrám		 ताम्रे
tāmré		 ताम्राणि / ताम्रा¹
tāmrā́ṇi / tāmrā́¹
Instrumental ताम्रेण
tāmréṇa		 ताम्राभ्याम्
tāmrā́bhyām		 ताम्रैः / ताम्रेभिः¹
tāmraíḥ / tāmrébhiḥ¹
Dative ताम्राय
tāmrā́ya		 ताम्राभ्याम्
tāmrā́bhyām		 ताम्रेभ्यः
tāmrébhyaḥ
Ablative ताम्रात्
tāmrā́t		 ताम्राभ्याम्
tāmrā́bhyām		 ताम्रेभ्यः
tāmrébhyaḥ
Genitive ताम्रस्य
tāmrásya		 ताम्रयोः
tāmráyoḥ		 ताम्राणाम्
tāmrā́ṇām
Locative ताम्रे
tāmré		 ताम्रयोः
tāmráyoḥ		 ताम्रेषु
tāmréṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants

See also
  • तमर (tamara, “tin”)
  • तामरस (tāmarasa, “the little egret heron or the day-lotus”)

References
  • “ताम्र” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 201, column 2.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “ताम्र”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 108
  • Monier Williams (1899), “ताम्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 443, column 1.
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1063-1064
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