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.
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
Words nearby tatpurusha
tatin,
tatius,
tatler, the,
tatouay,
tatp,
tatpurusha,
tatra mountains,
tatt,
tatter,
tatterdemalion,
tattered