तन

See also: तनु, तनू, तन्, ताना, तीन, तान, and तानि

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀡𑀽 (taṇū), from Sanskrit तनू (tanū́), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *tenúh₂s, from *tenuh₂- (“body”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬎 (tanu).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ən/, [t̪ɐ̃n]

Noun

तन • (tan) m (Urdu spelling تن)

body, self
Synonyms: शरीर (śarīr), बदन (badan), देह (deh)

उसके तन पर गुदड़ी तक नहीं है।
uske tan par gudṛī tak nahī̃ hai.
He has not a rag on his body.

Declension

Declension of तन (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	तन tan	तन tan
oblique	तन tan	तनों tanõ
vocative	तन tan	तनो tano

Derived terms

तन दूरी (tan dūrī)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884) “तन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ́.nɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

तन • (tána) stem, n

offspring, posterity

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of तन
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	तनम् (tánam)	तने (táne)	तनानि (tánāni) तना¹ (tánā¹)
accusative	तनम् (tánam)	तने (táne)	तनानि (tánāni) तना¹ (tánā¹)
instrumental	तनेन (tánena)	तनाभ्याम् (tánābhyām)	तनैः (tánaiḥ) तनेभिः¹ (tánebhiḥ¹)
dative	तनाय (tánāya)	तनाभ्याम् (tánābhyām)	तनेभ्यः (tánebhyaḥ)
ablative	तनात् (tánāt)	तनाभ्याम् (tánābhyām)	तनेभ्यः (tánebhyaḥ)
genitive	तनस्य (tánasya)	तनयोः (tánayoḥ)	तनानाम् (tánānām)
locative	तने (táne)	तनयोः (tánayoḥ)	तनेषु (táneṣu)
vocative	तन (tána)	तने (táne)	तनानि (tánāni) तना¹ (tánā¹)

¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “तन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 435.