تن

See also: بن, ثن, and پ.ن

Arabic

Etymology

From Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tunn/

Noun

تُنّ • (tunnm

  1. tuna

Declension

Declension of noun تُنّ (tunn)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal تُنّ
tunn
التُّنّ
at-tunn
تُنّ
tunn
nominative تُنٌّ
tunnun
التُّنُّ
at-tunnu
تُنُّ
tunnu
accusative تُنًّا
tunnan
التُّنَّ
at-tunna
تُنَّ
tunna
genitive تُنٍّ
tunnin
التُّنِّ
at-tunni
تُنِّ
tunni

Burushaski

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tin]

Noun

تن (tin)

  1. (anatomy) bone

References

  • Sadaf Munshi (2015) “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project[1].
  • Bechtholdt, Astrid (2025) “tin”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

Persian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian tn' (tan), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎵𐎢𐏁 (tanūš), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *tenuh₂- (body).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? tan
Dari reading? tan
Iranian reading? tan
Tajik reading? tan

Noun

تن • (tan) (Tajik spelling тан)

  1. body
    Synonyms: پیکر (peykar), بدن (badan), جسد (jasad)
  2. Classifier for people.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Bashkir: тән (tən)
  • Kazakh: тән (tän)
  • Ottoman Turkish: تن (ten)
  • Uyghur: تەن (ten)
  • Uzbek: tan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic تُنّ (tunn).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? tunn
Dari reading? tunn
Iranian reading? tonn
Tajik reading? tunn

Noun

تن • (ton)

  1. tuna

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French tonne (in Iran) or from English ton (in Dari).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Dari reading? tan
Iranian reading? ton

Noun

تن • (ton or tan)

Dari تن
Iranian Persian
Tajik тонна
  1. a tonne / metric ton

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “تن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Punjabi

Western Panjabi numbers (edit)
30[a], [b]
 ←  2 ۳
3
4  → 
    Cardinal: تِنّ (tinn), تْرَے (trai)
    Ordinal: تِیجا (tījā), تْرِیّا
    Adverbial: تِہرا (tihrā)
    Multiplier: تِگُݨا (tiguṇā), تِنّ گُݨا (tinn guṇā), تْرَے گُݨا (trai guṇā)
    Collective: تِنّاں (tinnāṉ)
    Fractional: تِہائی (tihā'ī), تْرِہائی (trihā'ī)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit त्रीणि (trīṇi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ɪn̪ːə̆/

Numeral

تِنّ • (tinnă) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਿੰਨ)

  1. three

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀡𑀽 (taṇū), from Sanskrit तनू (tanū́), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *tenúh₂s, from *tenuh₂- (body).

Pronunciation

Noun

تَن • (tanm (Hindi spelling तन)

  1. body
  2. straw
  3. trunk

Synonyms

References

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “تن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.