तन्

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

তন্ (Assamese script)
ᬢᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
তন্ (Bengali script)
𑰝𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀢𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
တန် (Burmese script)
તન્ (Gujarati script)
ਤਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌤𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦠꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂞𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ತೝ (Kannada script)
តន៑ (Khmer script)
ຕນ຺ (Lao script)
തന് (Malayalam script)
ᢠᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
𑘝𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢐᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
𑦽𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐟𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
ତନ୍ (Odia script)
ꢡꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆠𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖝𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
තන් (Sinhalese script)
𑩫𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚙𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
தந் (Tamil script)
తౝ (Telugu script)
ตนฺ (Thai script)
ཏ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒞𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨙𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐn/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɐn̪/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). Compare Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō), Latin tendō, German dehnen.

Root

तन् • (tan)

to stretch
to spread

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

त॒नोति॑ (tanóti, present)
तं॒स्यति॑ (taṃsyáti, future)
त॒नि॒स्यति॑ (tanisyáti, future)
त॒नि॒ता (tanitā́, periphrastic future)
ता॒यि॒ता (tāyitā́, periphrastic future)
अत॑न् (átan, aorist)
अत॑नत् (átanat, aorist)
अतां॑सीत् (átāṃsīt, aorist)
अता॑नीत् (átānīt, aorist)
त॒तान॑ (tatā́na, perfect)

Secondary forms

ता॒यते॑ (tāyáte, passive)
त॒न्यते॑ (tanyáte, passive)
अता॑नि (átāni, passive aorist)
ता॒नय॑ति (tānáyati, causative)
अती॑तनत् (átītanat, causative aorist)
तितांसति (titāṃsati, desiderative)
तितानिषति (titāniṣati, desiderative)
तन्तन्यते (tantanyate, intensive)

Non-finite forms

त॒त (tatá, past participle)
तन्तु॑म् (tántum, infinitive)
त॒त्वा (tatvā́, gerund)
त॒त्वाय॑ (tatvā́ya, gerund)

Derived nominal forms

तति (tati, “mass, crowd”)
तन (tána, “offspring,posterity”)
तनय (tanaya)
तनस् (tanas, “offspring”)
तन्त्र (tántra, “loom”)
तनिका (tanikā, “cord”)
तनितृ (tanitṛ, “accomplisher”)
तनु (tanú, “thin”)
तनीयस् (tánīyas, “thinner”)
तनिष्ठ (tániṣṭha, “thinnest”)
तनू (tanū́, “body”)
तन्ति (tantí, “cord, line”)
तन्तु (tántu, “thread”)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root तन् (0 c, 7 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तन् (4 c, 0 e)

Noun

तन् • (tán) stem, f

continuation, uninterrupted succession (RV.)
propagation, offspring, posterity (RV.)

Usage notes

Only attested in the dative तने (táne) and instrumental तना (tánā). The feminine gender is uncertain.

Etymology 2

Alternative form of स्तन् (stan), see there for more.

Root

तन् • (tan) (Vedic)

to thunder
to resound, roar

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

तन्यति (tanyati, present)

Secondary forms

अततनत् (atatanat, causative aorist)

Derived nominal forms

त॒न॒यि॒त्नु (tanayitnú)
त॒न्य॒ता (tanyatā́)
त॒न्य॒तु (tanyatú)
त॒न्यु (tanyú)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root तन् (0 c, 7 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तन् (4 c, 0 e)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “तन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 435.
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 60

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 618-620
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 501