तीर्थ

Hindi

तीर्थ • (tīrth) m (Urdu spelling تیرتھ)

Declension of तीर्थ (masc cons-stem)

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तीर्थ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 455

तीर्थ • (tīrtha) stem, n

A passage, way or road; that which affords transit:
1. A ford; a crossing at a river.
2. Stairs for descent into a river,
3. A channel or canal; an artificial watercourse.
4. (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:
1. (Hinduism) Lines or parts of the hand considered to be sacred.
2. (Hinduism, Jainism) A place of pilgrimage (especially at a sacred body of water)
3. (Vedic religion) Fire (considered to be holy; compare the Zoroastrian 𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (ātar)).
Someone sacred or revered; a holy or wise person:
1. A worthy person, especially one worthy to receive something.
2. A brahman; a member of the Hindu priestly class.
3. An adviser or counsellor; one entrusted to provide advice.
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.

Neuter a-stem declension of तीर्थ (tīrtha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तीर्थम् tīrtham	तीर्थे tīrthe	तीर्थानि / तीर्था¹ tīrthāni / tīrthā¹
Vocative	तीर्थ tīrtha	तीर्थे tīrthe	तीर्थानि / तीर्था¹ tīrthāni / tīrthā¹
Accusative	तीर्थम् tīrtham	तीर्थे tīrthe	तीर्थानि / तीर्था¹ tīrthāni / tīrthā¹
Instrumental	तीर्थेन tīrthena	तीर्थाभ्याम् tīrthābhyām	तीर्थैः / तीर्थेभिः¹ tīrthaiḥ / tīrthebhiḥ¹
Dative	तीर्थाय tīrthāya	तीर्थाभ्याम् tīrthābhyām	तीर्थेभ्यः tīrthebhyaḥ
Ablative	तीर्थात् tīrthāt	तीर्थाभ्याम् tīrthābhyām	तीर्थेभ्यः tīrthebhyaḥ
Genitive	तीर्थस्य tīrthasya	तीर्थयोः tīrthayoḥ	तीर्थानाम् tīrthānām
Locative	तीर्थे tīrthe	तीर्थयोः tīrthayoḥ	तीर्थेषु tīrtheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Prakrit: 𑀢𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀣 (tittha), 𑀢𑀽𑀳 (tūha)
- Odia: ତୁଠ (tuṭha)
- Sindhi: تِٿُ (tithu)
Helu Prakrit:
- Dhivehi: ތޮށް (toṣ̊)
- Sinhalese: තොට (toṭa)
Pali: tittha
- → Sinhalese: තිත් (tit)
Khowar: طورت (thūrt)
- → Wakhi: tыrt
→ Old Javanese: tīrtha
- Javanese: ꦠꦶꦂꦠ (tirta)
  - → Indonesian: tirta (“water”)
- → Balinese: ᬢᬷᬃᬢ (tirta)
→ English: tirtha
→ Hindi: तीर्थ (tīrth)
→ Sinhalese: තීර්‍ථය (tīrthaya)
→ Tamil: தீர்த்தம் (tīrttam)
→ Tocharian B: tīrthe

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)

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

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “tīrthá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 650