释义 |
tatpurusha /tat-pŭˈrŭ-shə/ noun- A class of compound words in which the first element modifies the second by standing next to it in various types of relationship, eg possession, as in goatskin, location, as in fieldmouse, as the object of an action, as in guitar-player, and as agent, as in man-made
- A compound of this class
ORIGIN: Sans tatpuruṣa, literally, his servant |