तिरस्

तिरस्

See also: तरसों and तिरासी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬢᬶᬭᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• তিৰস্ (Assamese script)
• তিরস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰰𑰨𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀺𑀭𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌤𑌿𑌰𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• તિરસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਤਿਰਸੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦠꦶꦫꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• តិរស៑ (Khmer script)
• ತಿರಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ຕິຣສ຺ (Lao script)
• തിരസ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘝𑘱𑘨𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢐᢈᠷᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• ᢠᡳᡵᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• တိရသ် (Burmese script)
• 𑦽𑧒𑧈𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐶𑐬𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ତିରସ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢡꢶꢬꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆴𑆫𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖰𑖨𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• තිරස් (Sinhalese script)
• తిరస్ (Telugu script)
• ติรสฺ (Thai script)
• ཏི་ར་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒱𑒩𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tr̥Hás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tr̥Hás, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂-ós, from *terh₂-. Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬋‎ (tarō), Old Persian [Term?] (/taraʰ/), Latin trāns, English through.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ti.ɾɐ́s/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪i.ɾɐs̪/

Preposition

तिरस् • (tirás)

1. through [+accusative]
2. across, beyond, over [+accusative]
3. so as to pass by, apart from, without, against [+accusative]
4. apart or secretly from [+ablative]
5. obliquely, transversely
6. apart, secretly

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀢𑀺𑀭𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔 (tirikkha) (with various Middle Indo-Aryan extensions[1][2])
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀢𑀺𑀭𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔 (tirikkha) (with various Middle Indo-Aryan extensions[1][2])
  • Old Marathi:
    • Marathi: तिरके (tirke)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Vracada Apabhramsa:
    • Sindhi:

      Arabic: تِرڪو‎

      Devanagari: तिर्को

• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀢𑀺𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙 (tiriccha) (with various Middle Indo-Aryan extensions[1][2][3])
  • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
    • Old Gujarati:
      • Gujarati: તિરકસ (tirkas)

References

1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tirás”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
2. Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 119.
3. Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 78.

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “Tirás”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 447, column 2.