تن
ArabicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos), from θύνω (thúnō, “I rush, dart along”).
NounEdit
تُنّ • (tunn) m
DeclensionEdit
Declension of noun تُنّ (tunn)
PersianEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /tan/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /tan/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /tæn/
Etymology 1Edit
Middle Persian tn' (tan), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎵𐎢𐏁 (tanūš), from Proto-Indo-European *tenuh₂- (“body”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬎 (tanu) and Sanskrit तनू (tanū́).
NounEdit
Dari | تن |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | тан (tan) |
تن • (tan)
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Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
تن • (ton)
UrduEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Sanskrit तनू (tanū́) or Persian تن (tan).
PronunciationEdit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪ən/
NounEdit
تن • (tan) m (Hindi spelling तन)
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Platts, John T. (1884), “تن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.