Prakrit edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit तनू (tanū).

Noun edit

𑀢𑀡𑀽 (taṇūf (Devanagari तणू) [1][2]

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Declension edit

Maharastri declension of 𑀢𑀡𑀽 (feminine)
singular plural
Nominative 𑀢𑀡𑀽 (taṇū) 𑀢𑀡𑀽𑀑 (taṇūo) or 𑀢𑀡𑀽 (taṇū)
Accusative 𑀢𑀡𑀼𑀁 (taṇuṃ) 𑀢𑀡𑀽𑀑 (taṇūo) or 𑀢𑀡𑀽 (taṇū)
Instrumental 𑀢𑀡𑀽𑀏 (taṇūe) 𑀢𑀡𑀽𑀳𑀺 (taṇūhi) or 𑀢𑀡𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀁 (taṇūhiṃ)
Dative
Ablative 𑀢𑀡𑀽𑀑 (taṇūo) 𑀢𑀡𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (taṇūhiṃto)
Genitive 𑀢𑀡𑀽𑀏 (taṇūe) 𑀢𑀡𑀽𑀡 (taṇūṇa) or 𑀢𑀡𑀽𑀡𑀁 (taṇūṇaṃ)
Locative 𑀢𑀡𑀽𑀏 (taṇūe) 𑀢𑀡𑀽𑀲𑀼 (taṇūsu) or 𑀢𑀡𑀽𑀲𑀼𑀁 (taṇūsuṃ)
Vocative 𑀢𑀡𑀼 (taṇu) or 𑀢𑀡𑀽 (taṇū) 𑀢𑀡𑀽𑀑 (taṇūo) or 𑀢𑀡𑀽 (taṇū)

Descendants edit

  • Marathi: तन (tan)
  • Hindustani:
  • Punjabi: ਤੰਨ (tanna)

References edit

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “taṇū”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “तणू”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].