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

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

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तन् (3 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

तनोति (tanóti) (Present)
तंस्यति (taṃsyáti) (Future)
तनिस्यति (tanisyáti) (Future)
तनिता (tanitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
तायिता (tāyitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
अतन् (átan) (Aorist)
अतनत् (átanat) (Aorist)
अतांसीत् (átāṃsīt) (Aorist)
अतानीत् (átānīt) (Aorist)
ततान (tatā́na) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

तायते (tāyáte) (Passive)
तन्यते (tanyáte) (Passive)
अतानि (átāni) (Passive Aorist)
तानयति (tānáyati) (Causative)
अतीतनत् (átītanat) (Causative Aorist)
तितांसति (titāṃsati) (Desiderative)
तितानिषति (titāniṣati) (Desiderative)
तन्तन्यते (tantanyate) (Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

तत (tatá) (Past Participle)
तन्तुम् (tántum) (Infinitive)
तत्वा (tatvā́) (Gerund)
तत्वाय (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”)

Noun

तन् • (tán) stem, f

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

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

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

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तन् (3 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

तन्यति (tanyati) (Present)

Secondary Forms

अततनत् (atatanat) (Causative Aorist)

Derived Nominal Forms

तनयित्नु (tanayitnú)
तन्यता (tanyatā́)
तन्यतु (tanyatú)
तन्यु (tanyú)

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