तथा

Hindi

Etymology

  • Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तथा (tathā).

    Pronunciation

    • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ə.t̪ʰɑː/, [t̪ɐ.t̪ʰäː]

    Conjunction

    तथा • (tathā)

    1. (literary) and
      Synonym: और (aur)

    Adverb

    तथा • (tathā)

    1. in the same way as

    Nepali

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Sanskrit तथा (tathā).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [t̪ʌt̪ʰä]
    • Phonetic Devanagari: तथा

    Conjunction

    तथा • (tathā)

    1. (literary) and
      Synonym: (ra)

    Pali

    Alternative forms

    Adverb

    तथा (tathā)

    1. Devanagari script form of tathā (“in that way”)

    Sanskrit

    Alternative scripts

    Etymology

  • From तद् (tád, that). For the suffix, compare यथा (yáthā) from यद् (yád).

    Pronunciation

    Adverb

    तथा • (táthā)

    1. in such a way, so, thus
    2. also, as well
    3. certainly, surely

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Pali: tathā
    • Assamese: তথা (totha) (learned)
    • Gujarati: તથા (tathā) (learned)
    • Hindi: तथा (tathā) (learned)
    • Malayalam: തഥാ (tathā) (learned)
    • Marathi: तथा (tathā) (learned)
    • Nepali: तथा (tathā) (learned)
    • Telugu: తథా (tathā) (learned)

    Interjection

    तथा • (táthā)

    1. yes, so shall it be

    Usage notes

    When used as an interjection it is generally followed by इति (íti).

    References

    • Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “तथा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
    • तथा” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 195.
    • Monier Williams (1899), “तथा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 433, column 3.
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tathā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press