tatpurusha

[ tat-poo r-uh-shuh, tuht- ]

/ tætˈpʊər ə ʃə, tʌt- /

noun Linguistics.

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

Nearby words

tatius,
tatler,
tatler, the,
tatouay,
tatp,
tatra mountains,
tatt,
tatter,
tatterdemalion,
tattered

Origin of tatpurusha

< 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