तिहार

Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa तिहिवार (tihivāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪i(ɦ)är]
• Phonetic Devanagari: तिहार्

Proper noun

तिहार • (tihār)

1. (Hinduism) Diwali; Tihar (a Hindu festival of lights)

   Synonym: दिपावली (dipāwalī)

   तिहारको दोस्रो दिन कुकुरहरूको पूजा गरिन्छ।

   tihārko dosro dina kukurharūko pūjā garincha.

   Dogs are worshipped on the second day of Tihar.

Declension

Declension of तिहार
	Singular
nominative	तिहार [t̪iɦär]
accusative	तिहारलाई [t̪iɦärläi]
instrumental/ergative	तिहारले [t̪iɦärle]
dative	तिहारलाई [t̪iɦärläi]
ablative	तिहारबाट [t̪iɦärbäʈʌ]
genitive	तिहारको [t̪iɦärko]
locative	तिहारमा [t̪iɦärmä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

• Schmidt, Turner (2022) “तिहार”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Nepali Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*tithivāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 331