परं तु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পৰং তু (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬭᬂᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
• পরং তু (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰨𑰽𑱃𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀭𑀁 𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ပရံ တု (Burmese script)
• પરં તુ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਰਂ ਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦫꦁꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂩𑂁 𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಪರಂ ತು (Kannada script)
• បរំ តុ (Khmer script)
• ປຣໍ ຕຸ (Lao script)
• പരം തു (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᢀ᠋ᡵᠠ
  ᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘨𑘽 𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᢀ᠋ᠷᠠ᠋
  ᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧈𑧞 𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐬𑑄 𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
• ପରଂ ତୁ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢬꢀ ꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆫𑆁 𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖨𑖽 𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
• පරං තු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩼𑪖 𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚤𑚫 𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
• பரஂ து (Tamil script)
• పరం తు (Telugu script)
• ปรํ ตุ (Thai script)
• པ་རཾ་ཏུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒩𑓀 𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨫𑨸 𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

पर (para, “other, opposite”) +‎ तु (tu, “meaningless expletive marker”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐn tu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.ɾɐn̪ t̪u/

Adverb

परं तु • (paraṃ tu)

1. though, still not

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀭𑀁𑀢𑀼 (paraṃtu)

→Tatsama:

• Bengali: পরন্তু (porontu)
• Gujarati: પરંતુ (parantu)
• Hindi: परंतु (parantu)
• Marathi: परंतु (parantu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “परं तु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 449/3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “paraṁ tu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press