तथा
See also: तिथे and तिथि
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तथा (tathā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪ə.t̪ʰɑː/, [t̪ə.t̪ʰäː]
Conjunction
तथा • (tathā)
- (literary) and
- Synonym: और (aur)
Related terms
- तथापि (tathāpi, “still, nevertheless”)
Adverb
तथा • (tathā)
- in the same way as
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit तथा (tathā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t̪ʌt̪ʰä]
- Phonetic Devanagari: तथा
Conjunction
तथा • (tathā)
- (literary) and
- Synonym: र (ra)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- tathā (Latin script)
- 𑀢𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- তথা (Bengali script)
- තථා (Sinhalese script)
- တထာ or တထႃ (Burmese script)
- ตถา or ตะถา (Thai script)
- ᨲᨳᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ຕຖາ or ຕະຖາ (Lao script)
- តថា (Khmer script)
- 𑄖𑄗𑄂 (Chakma script)
Adverb
तथा (tathā)
- Devanagari script form of tathā (“in that way”)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬢᬣᬵ (Balinese script)
- তথা (Assamese script)
- তথা (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰞𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌤𑌥𑌾 (Grantha script)
- તથા (Gujarati script)
- ਤਥਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦠꦡꦴ (Javanese script)
- តថា (Khmer script)
- ತಥಾ (Kannada script)
- ຕຖາ (Lao script)
- തഥാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘝𑘞𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᠲᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᢠᠠᡨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- တထာ (Burmese script)
- 𑦽𑦾𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐠𑐵 (Newa script)
- ତଥା (Oriya script)
- ꢡꢢꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆡𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖞𑖯 (Siddham script)
- තථා (Sinhalese script)
- తథా (Telugu script)
- ตถา (Thai script)
- ཏ་ཐཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒟𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From तद् (tad, “that”). For the suffix, compare यथा (yathā) from यद् (yad).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tɐ́.tʰɑː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɐ.t̪ʰɑː/
Adverb
तथा • (táthā)
- in such a way, so, thus
- also, as well
- certainly, surely
Interjection
तथा • (táthā)
- yes, so shall it be
Usage notes
When used as an interjection it is generally followed by इति (iti).
Descendants
- Pali: tathā
- →Tatsama:
- Assamese: তথা (totha)
- Gujarati: તથા (tathā)
- Hindi: तथा (tathā)
- Marathi: तथा (tathā)
- Nepali: तथा (tathā)
References
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “तथा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- “तथा” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 195.
- Monier Williams (1899), “तथा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 433, column 3.