-ਏਰਾ

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /eː.ɾäː/, [ˈeː.ɾäː]

Inherited from Prakrit -𑀅 (-a) + -𑀬𑀭 (-yara), from Sanskrit -तर (-tara), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *-taras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-taras, from Proto-Indo-European *-teros.

-ਏਰਾ • (-ērā)

1. (no longer productive in Eastern, Majhi, Standard Punjabi) comparative adjectival suffix

   ‎ਚੰਗਾ (caṅgā, “good”) + ‎-ਏਰਾ (-ērā) → ‎ਚੰਗੇਰਾ (caṅgerā, “better”)

   ‎ਵੱਧ (vaddha, “more”) + ‎-ਏਰਾ (-ērā) → ‎ਵਧੇਰਾ (vadherā, “greater (in amount, degree, number)”)

   ‎ਬਹੁਤ (bahut, “many”) + ‎-ਏਰਾ (-ērā) → ‎ਬਥੇਰਾ (batherā, “plenty”)

   ‎ਉੱਚਾ (uccā, “high”) + ‎-ਏਰਾ (-ērā) → ‎ਉਚੇਰਾ (ucerā, “higher”)

   ‎ਅੱਗੇ (agge, “ahead”) + ‎-ਏਰਾ (-ērā) → ‎ਅਗੇਰਾ (agerā, “further ahead”)

   ‎ਪਿੱਛੇ (picche, “behind”) + ‎-ਏਰਾ (-ērā) → ‎ਪਿਛੇਰਾ (picherā, “further behind”)

Inherited from Prakrit -𑀓𑁂𑀭 (-kera) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-)—the same suffix -ਏਰਾ (-ērā) as in ਮੇਰਾ (merā).

• -ਏਰ (-ēra)

-ਏਰਾ • (-ērā)

1. (no longer productive) expresses connection of sense with a stem nominal form

   ‎ਬਾਘ (bāgh, “tiger”) + ‎-ਏਰਾ (-ērā) → ‎ਬਘੇਰਾ (bagherā, “tiger cub, leopard”)

2. (no longer productive) patronymic

   ‎ਚਾਚਾ (cāccā, “uncle”) + ‎-ਏਰਾ (-ērā) → ‎ਚਚੇਰਾ (cacerā, “related through a paternal uncle, a cousin”)

   ‎ਮਾਮਾ (māmmā, “uncle”) + ‎-ਏਰਾ (-ērā) → ‎ਮਮੇਰਾ (mamerā, “related through a maternal uncle, a cousin”)

Inherited from Prakrit -𑀅 (-a) + 𑀕𑀭 (gara), from Sanskrit -कर (-kara, “doer”)

• -ਇਆਰਾ (-iārā)

-ਏਰਾ • (-ērā)

1. agentive suffix

   ‎ਮੱਛ (maccha, “fish”) + ‎-ਏਰਾ (-ērā) → ‎ਮਛੇਰਾ (macherā, “fisher”)

   ‎ਚਿੱਤਰ (cittar, “illustration”) + ‎-ਏਰਾ (-ērā) → ‎ਚਿਤੇਰਾ, ਚਤੇਰਾ, ਚਿਤਰੇਰਾ (citerā, caterā, citrerā, “painter, illustrator”)