Marathi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘝𑘹𑘽 (teṃ), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀢 (ta), from Sanskrit तत् (tat).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t̪e/
  • Hyphenation: ते
  • Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

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ते (te) (demonstrative)

  1. that
    ते घर माझे आहे.te ghar mājhe āhe.That house is mine.
  2. those
    ते लोक कोण आहेत?te lok koṇ āhet?Who are those people?
  3. he, it
    Synonym: तो (to)
    ते माझे वडील आहेत.te mājhe vaḍīl āhet.He is my father.
    मी चुकून ते तोडले.mī cukūn te toḍle.I broke it by mistake.
  4. they
    ते शाळेत जात आहेत.te śāḷet jāt āhet.They are going to school.

Usage notes

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ते (te) is the colloquial distal demonstrative pronoun. It is grammatically both singular and plural and it can be used with both the third person singular and third person plural conjugations. In third person singular, ते (te, he) denotes a respectful form of address, used to refer to someone elder or an unknown, while तो (to, he) is used to refer to someone closer to one's age or someone familiar.

References

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  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “ते”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “तें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “तें”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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ते

  1. Devanagari script form of te, which is masculine nominative/accusative plural of (ta, those)

Pronoun

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ते

  1. Devanagari script form of te, which is nominative/accusative plural of (ta, they, them)

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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ते

  1. Devanagari script form of te, which is instrumental/genitive/dative singular of त्वं (tvaṃ, you)

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ते (te)

  1. enclitic dative/genitive singular of युष्मद् (yuṣmad, you)

Pronoun

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ते (m

  1. nominative plural of (, he)

Pronoun

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ते (f

  1. nominative/accusative dual of सा (sā́, she)

Pronoun

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ते (n

  1. nominative/accusative dual of तद् (tád, it)