तनस्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tánas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tánas, from Proto-Indo-European *ténos (“extension”), from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”). Cognate with Latin tenus, Ancient Greek *τένος (*ténos) (attested in Ancient Greek ἀτενής (atenḗs)).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t̪ɐ́.n̪ɐs̪/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɐ.n̪ɐs̪/
Noun
तनस् • (tánas) n
- offspring
Declension
| Neuter as-stem declension of तनस् (tánas) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | तनः tánaḥ | तनसी tánasī | तनांसि tánāṃsi |
| Vocative | तनः tánaḥ | तनसी tánasī | तनांसि tánāṃsi |
| Accusative | तनः tánaḥ | तनसी tánasī | तनांसि tánāṃsi |
| Instrumental | तनसा tánasā | तनोभ्याम् tánobhyām | तनोभिः tánobhiḥ |
| Dative | तनसे tánase | तनोभ्याम् tánobhyām | तनोभ्यः tánobhyaḥ |
| Ablative | तनसः tánasaḥ | तनोभ्याम् tánobhyām | तनोभ्यः tánobhyaḥ |
| Genitive | तनसः tánasaḥ | तनसोः tánasoḥ | तनसाम् tánasām |
| Locative | तनसि tánasi | तनसोः tánasoḥ | तनःसु tánaḥsu |
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “तनस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 435.