Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/tŕ̥nam

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tŕ̥nom, nominalization of *tr̥nós (“sharp, stiff”), from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

Noun

*tŕ̥nam n

blade of grass
grass

Declension

neuter a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tŕ̥nam	*tŕ̥nay	*tŕ̥naH
vocative	*tŕ̥nam	*tŕ̥nay	*tŕ̥naH
accusative	*tŕ̥nam	*tŕ̥nay	*tŕ̥naH
instrumental	*tŕ̥nā	*tŕ̥naybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*tŕ̥nāyš
ablative	*tŕ̥nāt	*tŕ̥naybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*tŕ̥naybʰyas
dative	*tŕ̥nāy	*tŕ̥naybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*tŕ̥naybʰyas
genitive	*tŕ̥nasya	*tŕ̥nayās	*tŕ̥nāna(H)m
locative	*tŕ̥nay	*tŕ̥nayaw	*tŕ̥nayšu

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *tŕ̥nam
- Sanskrit: तृण (tṛ́ṇa)
  - Dardic: *tṛ́ṇa
    - ⇒ Kashmiri: [script needed] (tinka)
    - Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (trīn)
  - Helu:
    - Dhivehi: ތިނަ‎ (tina)
    - Sinhalese: තණ (taṇa)
  - Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀢𑀡 (taṇa), 𑀢𑀺𑀡 (tiṇa)
    - ⇒ Bengali: তিনকা (tinka, “morsel”)
    - ⇒ Bihari: तिनका (tinkā, “piece of leaf fiber”)
      - Maithili: तनिक (tanik)
    - Oriya: ଟିଣା (ṭiṇa)
  - Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀢𑀡 (taṇa), 𑀢𑀺𑀡 (tiṇa)
    - Konkani: तण (taṇ)
    - Marathi: तण (taṇ)
  - Pali: tiṇa
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀢𑀡 (taṇa), 𑀢𑀺𑀡 (tiṇa)
    - ⇒ Garhwali: तिण्कु (tiṇku)
    - Gujarati: તરણ (taraṇ), ત્રણું (traṇũ)
    - ⇒ Hindi: तिनका (tinkā)
    - Kumaoni: तिण (tiṇ)
    - ⇒ Nepali: तेन्द्रो (tendro), त्यान्द्रो (tyāndro)
    - Punjabi: ਤਿਣ (tiṇ), ਤਿਣਾ (tiṇā, “piece of leaf”)
Nuristani:
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kamviri: tāňi (“thorn”)
    Kativiri: tāi (“thorn”)