तथा
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तथा (tathā).
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
तथा • (tathā)
Related terms edit
- तथापि (tathāpi, “still, nevertheless”)
Adverb edit
तथा • (tathā)
Nepali edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit तथा (tathā).
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
तथा • (tathā)
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Adverb edit
तथा (tathā)
- Devanagari script form of tathā (“in that way”)
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- তথা (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬣᬵ (Balinese script)
- তথা (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰞𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- တထာ (Burmese script)
- તથા (Gujarati script)
- ਤਥਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌥𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦡꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂟𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ತಥಾ (Kannada script)
- តថា (Khmer script)
- ຕຖາ (Lao script)
- തഥാ (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠᡨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘞𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᠲᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑦾𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐠𑐵 (Newa script)
- ତଥା (Odia script)
- ꢡꢢꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆡𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖞𑖯 (Siddham script)
- තථා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩬𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚚𑚭 (Takri script)
- தத²ா (Tamil script)
- తథా (Telugu script)
- ตถา (Thai script)
- ཏ་ཐཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒟𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨚𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From तद् (tad, “that”). For the suffix, compare यथा (yathā) from यद् (yad).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
तथा • (táthā)
Interjection edit
तथा • (táthā)
- yes, so shall it be
Usage notes edit
When used as an interjection it is generally followed by इति (iti).
Descendants edit
- Pali: tathā
References edit
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “तथा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- “तथा” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 195.
- Monier Williams (1899) “तथा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 433, column 3.