𑀞𑀸𑀡

Prakrit

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *os

Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam

Sanskrit स्थान॑ (sthā́na)

Prakrit 𑀞𑀸𑀡

𑀞𑀸𑀡 (ṭhāṇa) n (Devanagari ठाण, Gujarati ઠાણ, Kannada ಠಾಣ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī, Ardhamāgadhī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī) ^[2]^[3]

Many descendants reflex the dental form 𑀣𑀸𑀡 (thāṇa).

Descendants

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: थान (thān), थाना (thānā, “police station”)
  - Urdu: تَھان (thān), تَھانَہ (thāna, “police station”)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali-Assamese:
  - Bengali: থান (than), থানা (thana, “police station, post”), ঠাঁই (ṭhãi)
  - Early Assamese: থান (thano)
    - Assamese: থান (than), ঠান (than, “shape”), থানা (thana, “police station”)
- Odia: ଠାଣା (ṭhāṇā, “post”), ଠଣା (ṭhaṇā, “residence”)
Insular Indo-Aryan:
- Dhivehi: ތަން (tan̊)
- Sinhalese: තන (tana)
Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Garhwali: थान (thān)
- Kumaoni: थाणो (thāṇo, “police station”)
- Nepali: थानु (thānu), थाना (thānā, “police station”)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi: ਥਾਣ (thāṇ), ਥਾਣਾ (thāṇā, “police station”)
- Sindhi: थाणो (ṭhāṇo), ठाणु (ṭhāṇu, “stall in a stable”)
Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Konkani: ठाण (ṭhāṇ, “camp”)
- Marathi: ठाण (ṭhāṇ)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: ઠાણ (ṭhāṇ), થાણું (thāṇũ, “police station”)
- Romani: than
  - Vlax Romani: tan
  - Welsh Romani: than

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sthā́na”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 794
^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “ठाण”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 370.
^ Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957), Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 216