तथा
Hindi
Etymology
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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तथा (tathā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ə.t̪ʰɑː/, [t̪ɐ.t̪ʰäː]
Conjunction
तथा • (tathā)
Related terms
Adverb
तथा • (tathā)
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit तथा (tathā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t̪ʌt̪ʰä]
- Phonetic Devanagari: तथा
Conjunction
तथा • (tathā)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Adverb
तथा (tathā)
- Devanagari script form of tathā (“in that way”)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- তথা (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬣᬵ (Balinese script)
- তথা (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰞𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- တထာ (Burmese script)
- તથા (Gujarati script)
- ਤਥਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌥𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦡꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂟𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ತಥಾ (Kannada script)
- តថា (Khmer script)
- ຕຖາ (Lao script)
- തഥാ (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠᡨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘞𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᠲᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑦾𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐠𑐵 (Newa script)
- ତଥା (Odia script)
- ꢡꢢꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆡𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖞𑖯 (Siddham script)
- තථා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩬𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚚𑚭 (Takri script)
- தத²ா (Tamil script)
- తథా (Telugu script)
- ตถา (Thai script)
- ཏ་ཐཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒟𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨚𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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From तद् (tád, “that”). For the suffix, compare यथा (yáthā) from यद् (yád).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tɐ́.tʰɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t̪ɐ.t̪ʰɑː/
Adverb
तथा • (táthā)
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)
- 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