ته
Arabic
Etymology 1
Pronoun
تِهِ • (tihī, tihi)
- feminine singular of ذَا (ḏā)
Derived terms
- هَاتِهِ (hātihi)
Etymology 2
Verb
ته (form I)
- تُهْ (tuh) /tuh/: second-person masculine singular imperative of تَاهَ (tāha)
- تِهْ (tih) /tih/: second-person masculine singular imperative of تَاهَ (tāha)
Mazanderani
Determiner
ته (te)
Ormuri
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *túH, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Compare Avestan 𐬙𐬏𐬨 (tūm), Persian تو (to), Northern Kurdish tu.[1][2][3]
Pronoun
ته (tū)
- you (singular)
References
- ^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 164
- ^ Grierson, George Abraham (1921) [2] Linguistic Survey of India (Volume 10)), Superintendent Government Printing, Calcutta, pages 123-325
- ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (1929) Indo-Iranian frontier languages vol.1, H. Aschehoug, Oslo, page 348
Pashto
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta/
Postposition
ته • (ta)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *túH, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Compare Avestan 𐬙𐬏𐬨 (tūm), Persian تو (to), Northern Kurdish tu.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tə/
Pronoun
ته • (të)
- you (singular)
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (th /tah/), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tews- (“to be empty, drain”), and thus cognate with تهی (tohi, “empty, hollow”), Sanskrit तुच्छ्य (tucchya, “empty, vain”).[1][2] Compare also Persian تک (tak, “bottom”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈtah/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäʱ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰæʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäʱ]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | tah |
Dari reading? | tah |
Iranian reading? | tah |
Tajik reading? | tah |
Noun
تَه • (tah)
- bottom
- ته دریا ― tah-e daryâ ― bottom of the sea
- ته چاه ― tah-e čâh ― bottom of the well
- base
- stub
- ته سیگار ― tah-e sigâr ― cigarette stub
- final
- ته خط ― tah-e xat ― end of the road
Derived terms
- از ته دل (az tah-e del, “heartily”)
- ته پر (tah-por)
- ته کشیدن (tah kešidan)
- تهدیگ (tah-dig, “crust of cooked rice”)
- سروته (sar-o-tah, “upside down”, literally “head and bottom”)
Descendants
- → Urdu: تہ (tah)