तन

See also: तनु, तनू, तन्, ताना, तीन, तान, and तानि

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀡𑀽 (taṇū), from Sanskrit तनू (tanū́), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *tenúh₂s, from *tenuh₂- (“body”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬎 (tanu).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ən/, [t̪ɐ̃n]

Noun

तन • (tan) m (Urdu spelling تن)

1. body, self

   Synonyms: शरीर (śarīr), बदन (badan), देह (deh)

   उसके तन पर गुदड़ी तक नहीं है।

   uske tan par gudṛī tak nahī̃ hai.

   He has not a rag on his body.

Declension

Declension of तन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तन tan	तन tan
oblique	तन tan	तनों tanõ
vocative	तन tan	तनो tano

Derived terms

• तन दूरी (tan dūrī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “तन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তন (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬦ (Balinese script)
• তন (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• တန (Burmese script)
• તન (Gujarati script)
• ਤਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ತನ (Kannada script)
• តន (Khmer script)
• ຕນ (Lao script)
• തന (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐣 (Newa script)
• ତନ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖡 (Siddham script)
• තන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚝 (Takri script)
• தந (Tamil script)
• తన (Telugu script)
• ตน (Thai script)
• ཏ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ́.nɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

तन • (tána) stem, n

1. offspring, posterity

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of तन (tána)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तनम् tánam	तने táne	तनानि / तना¹ tánāni / tánā¹
Vocative	तन tána	तने táne	तनानि / तना¹ tánāni / tánā¹
Accusative	तनम् tánam	तने táne	तनानि / तना¹ tánāni / tánā¹
Instrumental	तनेन tánena	तनाभ्याम् tánābhyām	तनैः / तनेभिः¹ tánaiḥ / tánebhiḥ¹
Dative	तनाय tánāya	तनाभ्याम् tánābhyām	तनेभ्यः tánebhyaḥ
Ablative	तनात् tánāt	तनाभ्याम् tánābhyām	तनेभ्यः tánebhyaḥ
Genitive	तनस्य tánasya	तनयोः tánayoḥ	तनानाम् tánānām
Locative	तने táne	तनयोः tánayoḥ	तनेषु táneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 435.