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ته

See also: بہٕ, به, په, پہ, تۀ, تہٕ, and تھ

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Pronoun

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تِهِ • (tihī, tihi)

  1. feminine singular of ذَا (ḏā)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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ته (form I)

  1. تُهْ (tuh) /tuh/: second-person masculine singular imperative of تَاهَ (tāha)
  2. تِهْ (tih) /tih/: second-person masculine singular imperative of تَاهَ (tāha)

Mazanderani

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Determiner

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ته (te)

  1. your

Ormuri

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *túH, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Compare Avestan 𐬙𐬏𐬨 (tūm), Persian تو (to), Northern Kurdish tu.[1][2][3]

Pronoun

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ته (tū)

  1. you (singular)

References

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  1. ^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 164
  2. ^ Grierson, George Abraham (1921) [2] Linguistic Survey of India (Volume 10)), Superintendent Government Printing, Calcutta, pages 123-325
  3. ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (1929) Indo-Iranian frontier languages vol.1, H. Aschehoug, Oslo, page 348

Pashto

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Postposition

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ته • (ta)

  1. to

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *túH, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Compare Avestan 𐬙𐬏𐬨 (tūm), Persian تو (to), Northern Kurdish tu.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ته • (të)

  1. you (singular)

Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (th /⁠tah⁠/), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tews- (“to be empty, drain”), and thus cognate with تهی (tohi, “empty, hollow”), Sanskrit तुच्छ्य (tucchya, “empty, vain”).[1][2] Compare also Persian تک (tak, “bottom”).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? tah
Dari reading? tah
Iranian reading? tah
Tajik reading? tah

Noun

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تَه • (tah)

  1. bottom
    ته دریا ― tah-e daryâ ― bottom of the sea
    ته چاه ― tah-e čâh ― bottom of the well
  2. base
  3. stub
    ته سیگار ― tah-e sigâr ― cigarette stub
  4. final
    ته خط ― tah-e xat ― end of the road

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Urdu: تہ (tah)

References

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  1. ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 478
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 388-9
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