ते

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘝𑘹𑘽 (teṃ), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀢 (ta), from Sanskrit तत् (tat).

• IPA^(key): /t̪e/

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• Hyphenation: ते
• Rhymes: -e

ते • (te) (demonstrative)

1. that

   ते घर माझे आहे. ― te ghar mājhe āhe. ― That house is mine.

2. those

   ते लोक कोण आहेत? ― te lok koṇ āhet? ― Who are those people?

3. he, it

   Synonym: तो (to)

   ते माझे वडील आहेत. ― te mājhe vaḍīl āhet. ― He is my father.

   मी चुकून ते तोडले. ― mī cukūn te toḍle. ― I broke it by mistake.

4. they

   ते शाळेत जात आहेत. ― te śāḷet jāt āhet. ― They are going to school.

ते (te) is the colloquial distal demonstrative pronoun. It is grammatically both singular and plural and it can be used with both the third person singular and third person plural conjugations. In third person singular, ते (te, “he”) denotes a respectful form of address, used to refer to someone elder or an unknown, while तो (to, “he”) is used to refer to someone closer to one's age or someone familiar.

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “ते”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “तें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shankar Gopal Tulpule; Anne Feldhaus (1999), “तें”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

ते

1. Devanagari script form of te, which is masculine nominative/accusative plural of त (ta, “those”)

ते

1. Devanagari script form of te, which is nominative/accusative plural of त (ta, “they, them”)

ते

1. Devanagari script form of te, which is instrumental/genitive/dative singular of त्वं (tvaṃ, “you”)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *tay,^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *toy. Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬙𐬋𐬌 (tōi), Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠-taiy⁠/).^[2]

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐj/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪eː/

ते • (te)

1. dative/genitive singular of त्वद् (tvad, “you”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ́j/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪eː/

ते • (té) m

1. nominative plural of स (sá, “he”)

ते • (té) f

1. nominative/accusative dual of सा (sā́, “she”)

ते • (té) n

1. nominative/accusative dual of तद् (tád, “it”)