ਤੀਰ

Inherited from Sanskrit तीर (tī́ra)

ਤੀਰ • (tīr) m (Shahmukhi spelling تیر)

1. arrow

   Synonym: ਬਾਣ (bāṇ)

2. shaft, (of a bullock cart) crossbar

   Synonyms: ਤੱਕਲ਼ਾ (takkaḷā), ਤਰੱਕਲਾ (tarakkalā)

• ਤੀਰ ਅੰਦਾਜ਼ m (tīr andāz, “archer”, noun)

• ਸਰੀ m (sarī, “straight like an arrow”, adjective)
• ਸੱਰ ਸੱਰ ਕਰਨਾ (sarra sarra karnā, “to whiz like an arrow flying through the air, to make a noise like the creeping of a snake”, verb)

Borrowed from Sanskrit तीर (tīra). Cognate with Hindi तीर (tīr) and Marathi तीर (tīr).

ਤੀਰ • (tīr) m (Shahmukhi spelling تیر).

1. bank, shore, waterside

• “ਤੀਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tī́ra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 333
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tarkú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 325
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śáru”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 325