तिपाई

See also: तपाईं

Hindi

Etymology

From a merger of Sanskrit त्रिपाद (tripāda, “tripod”) and Classical Persian (sih-pāy, “tripod”). Corresponding ultimately to Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”) +‎ *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate to Bengali তেপায়া (tepaẏa).

Noun

तिपाई • (tipāī) f (Urdu spelling تپائی)

tripod, teapoy; three-legged item of furniture

Declension

Declension of तिपाई (fem ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तिपाई tipāī	तिपाइयाँ tipāiyā̃
oblique	तिपाई tipāī	तिपाइयों tipāiyõ
vocative	तिपाई tipāī	तिपाइयो tipāiyo

Descendants

→ English: teapoy, tepoy, tea-poy
- → Bengali: টিপাই (ṭipai)
- → Kannada: ಟೀಪಾಯಿ (ṭīpāyi)

See also

चारपाई (cārpāī)

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