thāni

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil தானி (tāṉi, “place”), from Pali ṭhāna (“place”), from Sanskrit स्थान (sthāna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ni/
• Rhymes: -ni
• Hyphenation: thā‧ni

Noun

thāni

1. villager
2. village, country

   Synonym: wanwa

3. (cultivated) field

Derived terms

• atatanen
• athāni

 

• bala tani

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦠꦤꦶ (tani, “farmer”)
• → Balinese: ᬢᬦᬶ (tani, “farmer”)

Further reading

• "thāni" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.