तान

See also: ताना, तन, तीन, तनु, तनू, तन्, and तानि

Hindi

FWOTD – 24 March 2023

Etymology

From the stem of तानना (tānnā, “to pull”). Likely also conflated with the borrowing of Sanskrit तान (tā́na).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑːn/, [t̪ä̃ːn]

Noun

तान • (tān) m (Urdu spelling تان)

1. (Hindustani classical music) taan: a kind of singing technique
2. (music) tone; sound, note
   • 2017 October 14, “फ्रेशर्स पार्टी में पाश्चात्य संगीत के साथ देशी तड़के पर झूमे एमबीबीएस छात्र [phreśars pārṭī mẽ pāścātya saṅgīt ke sāth deśī taṛke par jhūme embībīes chātra, At the Fresher's Party MBBS students dance to Western music with a Desi twist]”, in Hindustan‎^[1], Kanpur:

     गाने की तान छेड़ी तो सीटियों से उनका स्वागत हुआ।

     gāne kī tān cheṛī to sīṭiyõ se unkā svāgat huā.

     When he finally ended the note of the song he was greeted with whistling.

3. stretching; tension, tautness

   Synonym: खिंचाव (khiñcāv)

Declension

Declension of तान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तान tān	तान tān
oblique	तान tān	तानों tānõ
vocative	तान tān	तानो tāno

See also

• तानना (tānnā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 447

Konkani

Etymology

From Maharastri Prakrit 𑀢𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸 (taṇhā), from Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛ́ṣṇā), from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). Cognate with Marathi तहान (tahān), English thirst.

Noun

तान • (tān) f (Latin script tan, Kannada script ತಾನ್)

1. thirst

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তান (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
• তান (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• တာန (Burmese script)
• તાન (Gujarati script)
• ਤਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ತಾನ (Kannada script)
• តាន (Khmer script)
• ຕານ (Lao script)
• താന (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
• ତାନ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
• තාන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
• தாந (Tamil script)
• తాన (Telugu script)
• ตาน (Thai script)
• ཏཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tā́nas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tā́nas, from Proto-Indo-European *tónos, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos), Ossetian тӕн (tæn). Compare also English tone, a Latin borrowing, ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɑ́ː.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɑː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

तान • (tā́na) stem, m

1. fibre
2. tone
3. monotonous tone (in reciting, एक-श्रुति)
4. an object of sense (or = तात्पर्य, compare एक-)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of तान (tā́na)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तानः tā́naḥ	तानौ / ताना¹ tā́nau / tā́nā¹	तानाः / तानासः¹ tā́nāḥ / tā́nāsaḥ¹
Vocative	तान tā́na	तानौ / ताना¹ tā́nau / tā́nā¹	तानाः / तानासः¹ tā́nāḥ / tā́nāsaḥ¹
Accusative	तानम् tā́nam	तानौ / ताना¹ tā́nau / tā́nā¹	तानान् tā́nān
Instrumental	तानेन tā́nena	तानाभ्याम् tā́nābhyām	तानैः / तानेभिः¹ tā́naiḥ / tā́nebhiḥ¹
Dative	तानाय tā́nāya	तानाभ्याम् tā́nābhyām	तानेभ्यः tā́nebhyaḥ
Ablative	तानात् tā́nāt	तानाभ्याम् tā́nābhyām	तानेभ्यः tā́nebhyaḥ
Genitive	तानस्य tā́nasya	तानयोः tā́nayoḥ	तानानाम् tā́nānām
Locative	ताने tā́ne	तानयोः tā́nayoḥ	तानेषु tā́neṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 442/2.