tatpurusha

American

[tat-poor-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.

Etymology

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

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We have thus explained the motive expressed in the words the method of attaining all felicities, on the supposition that the compound term is a Tatpurusha genitively constructed.

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