تن

See also: بن‎, ثن‎, and پ.ن‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos), from θύνω (thúnō, “I rush, dart along”).

Noun

تُنّ • (tunn) m

1. tuna

Declension

Declension of noun تُنّ (tunn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُنّ tunn	التُّنّ‎ at-tunn	تُنّ tunn
Nominative	تُنٌّ tunnun	التُّنُّ‎ at-tunnu	تُنُّ tunnu
Accusative	تُنًّا‎ tunnan	التُّنَّ‎ at-tunna	تُنَّ tunna
Genitive	تُنٍّ tunnin	التُّنِّ‎ at-tunni	تُنِّ tunni

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Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tan/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /tan/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /tæn/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /tan/

Etymology 1

Middle Persian tn' (tan), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎵𐎢𐏁 (tanūš), from Proto-Indo-European *tenuh₂- (“body”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬎‎ (tanu) and Sanskrit तनू (tanū́).

Noun

Dari	تن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тан (tan)

تن • (tan)

1. body
2. person

Synonyms

• پیکر‎ (peykar)
• بدن‎ (badan)
• جسد‎ (jasad)

Derived terms

• تن‌فروش‎ (tan-foruš)
• تن‌فروشی‎ (tan-foruši)

Descendants

• → Bashkir: тән (tän)
• → Ottoman Turkish: تن‎ (ten)
  • Turkish: ten

Etymology 2

Noun

تن • (ton)

1. tonne

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Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit तनू (tanū́) or Persian تن‎ (tan).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ən/

Noun

تن • (tan) m (Hindi spelling तन)

1. body
2. straw
3. trunk

Synonyms

• بدن‎ (badan)
• جسم‎ (jism)
• شریر‎ (šarīr)
• دیہ‎ (deh)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884), “تن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.