tatpurusha

[ tat-poor-uh-shuh, tuht- ]

noun

, Linguistics.

1. a compound of two words in which the first is an attributive noun and the second a substantive, as bookcase, aircraft, or flowerpot.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tatpurusha¹

< Sanskrit tatpuruṣa literally, his man, his servant; equivalent to the two words tasya + puruṣaḥ; an example of the compound used to name the compound type