तद्
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- tad (Latin script)
- 𑀢𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- তদ্ (Bengali script)
- තද් (Sinhalese script)
- တဒ် or တၻ် (Burmese script)
- ตทฺ or ตัท (Thai script)
- ᨲᨴ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
- ຕທ຺ or ຕັທ (Lao script)
- តទ៑ (Khmer script)
- 𑄖𑄘𑄴 (Chakma script)
Adjective
तद्
- (demonstrative) Devanagari script form of tad, which is neuter nominative/accusative singular of त (ta, “that”)
Pronoun
तद्
- (demonstrative) Devanagari script form of tad, which is nominative/accusative singular of त (ta, “it”)
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- তদ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
- তদ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- တဒ် (Burmese script)
- તદ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਤਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ತದ್ (Kannada script)
- តទ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຕທ຺ (Lao script)
- തദ് (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᢑ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
- ତଦ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢡꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
- තද් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
- தத்³ (Tamil script)
- తద్ (Telugu script)
- ตทฺ (Thai script)
- ཏ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sá, *sáH, *tád, from Proto-Indo-European *só, *séh₂, *tód. Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬋 (hō), 𐬵𐬁 (hā), 𐬙𐬀𐬙 (tat), Old English sē, sēo, þæt (whence English the, that), Ancient Greek ὁ (ho), ἡ (hē), τό (tó), and Old Church Slavonic тъ (tŭ), та (ta), то (to).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tɐ́d/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t̪ɐd̪/
Pronoun
तद् • (tád)
Determiner
तद् • (tád)
- this, that
- for sake of emphasis, connected with or stands in place of other pronouns, demonstratives, and relatives
- (in compound) that
- तद् (tad) + दिन (dina, “day”) → तद्दिन (taddina, “that day”)
Usage notes
Frequently a correlative of यद् (yád), which generally stands in the preceding clause.
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सः (sáḥ) स (sá) |
तौ (taú) ता¹ (tā́¹) |
ते (té) |
| accusative | तम् (tám) | तौ (taú) ता¹ (tā́¹) |
तान् (tā́n) |
| instrumental | तेन (téna) | ताभ्याम् (tā́bhyām) | तैः (taíḥ) तेभिः¹ (tébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | तस्मै (tásmai) | ताभ्याम् (tā́bhyām) | तेभ्यः (tébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | तस्मात् (tásmāt) | ताभ्याम् (tā́bhyām) | तेभ्यः (tébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | तस्य (tásya) | तयोः (táyoḥ) | तेषाम् (téṣām) |
| locative | तस्मिन् (tásmin) सस्मिन्¹ (sásmin¹) |
तयोः (táyoḥ) | तेषु (téṣu) |
| vocative | - | - | - |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सा (sā́) | ते (té) | ताः (tā́ḥ) |
| accusative | ताम् (tā́m) | ते (té) | ताः (tā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | तया (táyā) ता¹ (tā́¹) |
ताभ्याम् (tā́bhyām) | ताभिः (tā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | तस्यै (tásyai) | ताभ्याम् (tā́bhyām) | ताभ्यः (tā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | तस्याः (tásyāḥ) | ताभ्याम् (tā́bhyām) | ताभ्यः (tā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | तस्याः (tásyāḥ) | तयोः (táyoḥ) | तासाम् (tā́sām) |
| locative | तस्याम् (tásyām) | तयोः (táyoḥ) | तासु (tā́su) |
| vocative | - | - | - |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | तद् (tád) | ते (té) | तानि (tā́ni) ता¹ (tā́¹) |
| accusative | तद् (tád) | ते (té) | तानि (tā́ni) ता¹ (tā́¹) |
| instrumental | तेन (téna) | ताभ्याम् (tā́bhyām) | तैः (taíḥ) तेभिः¹ (tébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | तस्मै (tásmai) | ताभ्याम् (tā́bhyām) | तेभ्यः (tébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | तस्मात् (tásmāt) | ताभ्याम् (tā́bhyām) | तेभ्यः (tébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | तस्य (tásya) | तयोः (táyoḥ) | तेषाम् (téṣām) |
| locative | तस्मिन् (tásmin) सस्मिन्¹ (sásmin¹) |
तयोः (táyoḥ) | तेषु (téṣu) |
| vocative | - | - | - |
- ¹Vedic
Before words beginning in a consonant, the final visarga of the masculine nominative singular सः (saḥ) is dropped, resulting in स (sa) (except in the Ṛgveda, where it appear in sandhi before initial त्- (t-) or प्- (p-)).
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Noun
तद् • (tad) stem, n
Adverb
तद् • (tád)
- there, in that place, thither, to that spot
- then, at that time, in that case
- Synonym: तदा (tadā)
- thus, in this manner, with regard to that
- on that account, for that reason, therefore, consequently
- now (clause-connecting particle)
- so also, equally, and
- an indeclinable particle serving merely as emphasis, particularly in the Brāhmaṇas (typically precedes यद् (yad), यदि (yadi), यथा (yathā), or चेद् (ced))
- (reduplicated) even then, nevertheless, notwithstanding
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “तद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 434, column 1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “tá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 608-609