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