तृण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तृण (tṛ́ṇa). Doublet of तिनका (tinkā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ɾɪɳ/, [t̪ɾɪ̃ɳ]

Noun

तृण • (tŕṇ) m

  1. grass; blade of grass
    • 1936, Premchand, Godaan:
      विपन्नता के इस अथाह सागर में सोहाग ही वह तृण था, जिसे पकड़े हुए वह सागर को पार कर रही थी।
      vipannatā ke is athāh sāgar mẽ sohāg hī vah tŕṇ thā, jise pakṛe hue vah sāgar ko pār kar rahī thī.
      In the botomless sea of poverty, her married life was that blade of grass that she held on to while crossing over that sea.
  2. straw
    Synonym: तिनका (tinkā)

Declension

Declension of तृण (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct तृण
tŕṇ 		तृण
tŕṇ
oblique तृण
tŕṇ 		तृणों
tŕṇõ
vocative तृण
tŕṇ 		तृणो
tŕṇo

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 16 March 2021

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • তৃণ (Assamese script)
  • ᬢᬺᬡ (Balinese script)
  • তৃণ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰝𑰴𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀢𑀾𑀡 (Brahmi script)
  • တၖဏ (Burmese script)
  • તૃણ (Gujarati script)
  • ਤ੍ਰਣ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌤𑍃𑌣 (Grantha script)
  • ꦠꦽꦟ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂞𑃂𑂝 (Kaithi script)
  • ತೃಣ (Kannada script)
  • ត្ឫណ (Khmer script)
  • ຕ຺ຣິຓ (Lao script)
  • തൃണ (Malayalam script)
  • ᢠᡵᡳᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘝𑘵𑘜 (Modi script)
  • ᢐᠷᠢᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦽𑧖𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐟𑐺𑐞 (Newa script)
  • ତୃଣ (Odia script)
  • ꢡꢺꢠ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆠𑆸𑆟 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖝𑖴𑖜 (Siddham script)
  • තෘණ (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩫𑩙𑩪 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚙𑚘 (Takri script)
  • த்ரிண (Tamil script)
  • తృణ (Telugu script)
  • ตฺฤณ (Thai script)
  • ཏྲྀ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒞𑒵𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨙𑨼𑨉𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tŕ̥nam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tŕ̥nam, from Proto-Indo-European *tŕ̥nom. Cognate with Kamkata-viri taňí, taí (“thorn”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (þaurnus), Old Norse þorn, Old Church Slavonic трънъ (trŭnŭ, “thorn”), Old English þorn (whence English thorn).

Pronunciation

Noun

तृण • (tṛ́ṇa) stem, n

  1. grass, herb, any gramineous plant, blade of grass, straw (often symbolic of minuteness and worthlessness)
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.161.11:
      उद्वत्स्वस्मा अकृणोतना तृणं निवत्स्वपः स्वपस्यया नरः ।
      अगोह्यस्य यदसस्तना गृहे तदद्येदमृभवो नानु गच्छथ ॥
      udvatsvasmā akṛṇotanā tṛṇaṃ nivatsvapaḥ svapasyayā naraḥ.
      agohyasya yadasastanā gṛhe tadadyedamṛbhavo nānu gacchatha.
      On the high places ye have made the grass for man, and water in the valleys, by your skill, O Men.
      Ṛbhus, ye iterate not to-day that act of yours, your sleeping in the house of him whom naught can hide.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of तृण
singular dual plural
nominative तृणम् (tṛ́ṇam) तृणे (tṛ́ṇe) तृणानि (tṛ́ṇāni)
तृणा¹ (tṛ́ṇā¹)
accusative तृणम् (tṛ́ṇam) तृणे (tṛ́ṇe) तृणानि (tṛ́ṇāni)
तृणा¹ (tṛ́ṇā¹)
instrumental तृणेन (tṛ́ṇena) तृणाभ्याम् (tṛ́ṇābhyām) तृणैः (tṛ́ṇaiḥ)
तृणेभिः¹ (tṛ́ṇebhiḥ¹)
dative तृणाय (tṛ́ṇāya) तृणाभ्याम् (tṛ́ṇābhyām) तृणेभ्यः (tṛ́ṇebhyaḥ)
ablative तृणात् (tṛ́ṇāt) तृणाभ्याम् (tṛ́ṇābhyām) तृणेभ्यः (tṛ́ṇebhyaḥ)
genitive तृणस्य (tṛ́ṇasya) तृणयोः (tṛ́ṇayoḥ) तृणानाम् (tṛ́ṇānām)
locative तृणे (tṛ́ṇe) तृणयोः (tṛ́ṇayoḥ) तृणेषु (tṛ́ṇeṣu)
vocative तृण (tṛ́ṇa) तृणे (tṛ́ṇe) तृणानि (tṛ́ṇāni)
तृणा¹ (tṛ́ṇā¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Borrowed terms

  • → Hindi: तृण (tŕṇ)
  • → Bengali: তৃণ (trin)
  • → Telugu: తృణము (tr̥ṇamu)
  • → Malayalam: തൃണം (tr̥ṇaṁ)

Descendants

  • Dardic:
    • ⇒ Kashmiri: ٹنکا (tinka)
    • Northwest Pashayi: ٹرین (trīn)
  • Helu Prakrit:
  • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀢𑀡 (taṇa), 𑀢𑀺𑀡 (tiṇa)
    • ⇒ Bengali: তিনকা (tinoka, “morsel”)
    • ⇒ Bihari: तिनका (tinkā, “piece of leaf fiber”)
      • Maithili: तनिक (tanik)
    • Odia: ଟିଣା (ṭiṇā)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀢𑀡 (taṇa), 𑀢𑀺𑀡 (tiṇa)
  • Pali: tiṇa
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀢𑀡 (taṇa), 𑀢𑀺𑀡 (tiṇa)

References

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