तन्ति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

তন্তি (Assamese script)
ᬢᬦ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
তন্তি (Bengali script)
𑰝𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀢𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
တန္တိ (Burmese script)
તન્તિ (Gujarati script)
ਤਨ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦠꦤ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂞𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ತನ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
តន្តិ (Khmer script)
ຕນ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
തന്തി (Malayalam script)
ᢠᠠᠨᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘝𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢐᠠᠨᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦽𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐟𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ତନ୍ତି (Odia script)
ꢡꢥ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆠𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖝𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
තන‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
𑩫𑩯 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚙𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
தந்தி (Tamil script)
తన్తి (Telugu script)
ตนฺติ (Thai script)
ཏ་ནྟི (Tibetan script)
𑒞𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨙𑨝𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root तन् (tan, “to stretch, elongate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐn.tí/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɐn̪.t̪i/

Noun

तन्ति • (tantí) stem, f

a string, cord, wire
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.24.4:
  शची॑वतस् ते पुरुशाक॒ शाका॒ गवा॑म् इव स्रु॒तयः॑ सं॒चर॑णीः ।
  व॒त्सानां॒ न त॒न्तय॑स् त इन्द्र॒ दाम॑न्वन्तो अदा॒मानः॑ सुदामन् ॥
  śácīvatas te puruśāka śā́kā gávām iva srutáyaḥ saṃcáraṇīḥ.
  vatsā́nāṃ ná tantáyas ta indra dā́manvanto adāmā́naḥ sudāman.
  Your powers, O mighty one, endowed with vigour, are like the paths of cattle.
  Like the cords of calves, your powers are bestowing without binding, O bountiful Indra.

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of तन्ति
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	तन्तिः (tantíḥ)	तन्ती (tantī́)	तन्तयः (tantáyaḥ)
accusative	तन्तिम् (tantím)	तन्ती (tantī́)	तन्तीः (tantī́ḥ)
instrumental	तन्त्या (tantyā́) तन्ती¹ (tantī́¹)	तन्तिभ्याम् (tantíbhyām)	तन्तिभिः (tantíbhiḥ)
dative	तन्तये (tantáye) तन्त्यै² (tantyaí²) तन्ती¹ (tantī́¹)	तन्तिभ्याम् (tantíbhyām)	तन्तिभ्यः (tantíbhyaḥ)
ablative	तन्तेः (tantéḥ) तन्त्याः² (tantyā́ḥ²) तन्त्यै³ (tantyaí³)	तन्तिभ्याम् (tantíbhyām)	तन्तिभ्यः (tantíbhyaḥ)
genitive	तन्तेः (tantéḥ) तन्त्याः² (tantyā́ḥ²) तन्त्यै³ (tantyaí³)	तन्त्योः (tantyóḥ)	तन्तीनाम् (tantīnā́m)
locative	तन्तौ (tantaú) तन्त्याम्² (tantyā́m²) तन्ता¹ (tantā́¹)	तन्त्योः (tantyóḥ)	तन्तिषु (tantíṣu)
vocative	तन्ते (tánte)	तन्ती (tántī)	तन्तयः (tántayaḥ)

¹Vedic
²Later Sanskrit
³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Pali: tanti
Prakrit: 𑀢𑀁𑀢𑀻 (taṃtī)
- Central Indo-Aryan:
  - Braj: ताँत (tā̃t)
  - Hindi: ताँत (tā̃t), तंत (tant), ताँती (tā̃tī)
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  - Bengali-Assamese:
    - Old Bengali: তান্তী (tāntī)
      - Bengali: তাইঁত (taĩt), তাঁত (tãt)
  - Bihari:
    - Bhojpuri: ताँत (tā̃t, “gut”), ताँति (tā̃ti, “string”)
    - Maithili: ताँती (tā̃tī, “strip of leather”)
  - Odia: ତନ୍ତ (tanta)
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
  - Central Pahari:
    - Kumaoni: ताँत (tā̃t, “cord”)
  - Eastern Pahari:
    - Nepali: ताँत (tā̃t), ताँति (tā̃ti)
  - Western Pahari:
    - Bhalesi Bhadrawahi: तंति (tanti, “string of ginning machine”)
    - Kothgarhi: तांद (tānd, “thread”)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  - Punjabi: ਤੰਦ (tand, “catgut”), ਤੰਦੀ (tandī), ਤਾਂਤ (tānt)
  - Saraiki: [script needed] (tandī, “strip of buffalo hide”)
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
  - Marathi: तांत (tānta)
  - Sinhalese: තත (tata)
- Western Indo-Aryan:
  - Gujarati: તાઁતિ (tām̐ti)
→ Kannada: ತಂತಿ (tanti)
→ Khmer: តន្តី (dɑntəy)
→ Tamil: தந்தி (tanti)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “तन्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 436.
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “तन्ति”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 758
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “तन्ति”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 106
Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “tanti”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tantí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 322