तम्

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tamH-, from Proto-Indo-European *temH- (dark).[1][2]

    Root

    तम् • (tam)[3][4]

    1. to gasp, choke
    Derived terms
    Primary verbal forms
    • ताम्य॑ति (tā́myati, present)
    • तमिष्यति (tamiṣyati, future)
    • तमिता (tamitā, periphrastic future)
    • तताम (tatāma, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    • त॒मय॑ति (tamáyati, causative)
    Non-finite forms
    • ता॒न्त (tāntá, past participle)
    • तमि॑तोस् (támitos, infinitive)
    Derived nominal forms
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root तम् (0 c, 1 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तम् (2 c, 0 e)

    Etymology 2

    Pronoun

    तम् • (tamm

    1. accusative singular of (sa)

    References

    1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*temH-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 624
    2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “TAMI”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 626
    3. ^ Monier Williams (1899), “तम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 438.
    4. ^ William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 61