तन्
Sanskrit
editAlternative scripts
editAlternative scripts
- তন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- তন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- တန် (Burmese script)
- તન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਤਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ತೝ (Kannada script)
- តន៑ (Khmer script)
- ຕນ຺ (Lao script)
- തന് (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ତନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢡꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- තන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- தந் (Tamil script)
- తౝ (Telugu script)
- ตนฺ (Thai script)
- ཏ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). Compare Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō), Latin tendō, German dehnen.
Pronunciation
editRoot
editतन् • (tan)
Derived terms
editPrimary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms
- तति (tati, “mass, crowd”)
- तन (tána, “offspring,posterity”)
- तनय (tanaya)
- तनस् (tanas, “offspring”)
- तन्त्र (tántra, “loom”)
- तनिका (tanikā, “cord”)
- तनितृ (tanitṛ, “accomplisher”)
- तनु (tanú, “thin”)
- तनीयस् (tánīyas, “thinner”)
- तनिष्ठ (tániṣṭha, “thinnest”)
- तनू (tanū́, “body”)
- तन्ति (tantí, “cord, line”)
- तन्तु (tántu, “thread”)
Descendants
editNoun
editतन् • (tán) stem, m
- continuation, uninterrupted succession Lit. RV.
- propagation, offspring, posterity
Usage notes
editOnly attested in the dative तने (tane) and instrumental तना (tanā).
Root
editतन् • (tan)
References
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “तन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 435.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 60