तान
See also: ताना, तन, तीन, तनु, तनू, तन्, and तानि
Hindi
Etymology
From the stem of तानना (tānnā, “to pull”). Likely also conflated with the borrowing of Sanskrit तान (tā́na).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪ɑːn/, [t̪ä̃ːn̪]
Noun
तान • (tān) m (Urdu spelling تان)
- (Hindustani classical music) taan: a kind of singing technique
- (music) tone; sound, note
- 2017 October 14, “फ्रेशर्स पार्टी में पाश्चात्य संगीत के साथ देशी तड़के पर झूमे एमबीबीएस छात्र [At the Fresher's Party MBBS students dance to Western music with a Desi twist]”, in Hindustan, Kanpur:
- गाने की तान छेड़ी तो सीटियों से उनका स्वागत हुआ।
- gāne kī tān cheṛī to sīṭiyõ se unkā svāgat huā.
- When he finally ended the note of the song he was greeted with whistling.
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- stretching; tension, tautness
- Synonym: खिंचाव (khiñcāv)
Declension
Declension of तान (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | तान tān | तान tān |
| oblique | तान tān | तानों tānõ |
| vocative | तान tān | तानो tāno |
See also
- तानना (tānnā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “तान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 447
Konkani
Etymology
From Maharastri Prakrit 𑀢𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸 (taṇhā), from Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛ́ṣṇā), from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). Cognate with Marathi तहान (tahān), English thirst.
Noun
तान • (tān) (Latin script tan, Kannada script ತಾನ್)
- thirst
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬢᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
- তান (Assamese script)
- তান (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌤𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
- તાન (Gujarati script)
- ਤਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦠꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
- តាន (Khmer script)
- ತಾನ (Kannada script)
- ຕານ (Lao script)
- താന (Malayalam script)
- 𑘝𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᢠᠠ᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- တာန (Burmese script)
- 𑦽𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
- ତାନ (Oriya script)
- ꢡꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
- තාන (Sinhalese script)
- తాన (Telugu script)
- ตาน (Thai script)
- ཏཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tā́nas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tā́nas, from Proto-Indo-European *tónos, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos), Ossetian тӕн (tæn). Compare also English tone, a Latin borrowing, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tɑ́ː.nɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ɑː.n̪ɐ/
Noun
तान • (tā́na) m
- fibre
- tone
- monotonous tone (in reciting, एक-श्रुति)
- an object of sense (or = तात्पर्य, compare एक-)
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of तान (tā́na) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | तानः tā́naḥ | तानौ tā́nau | तानाः / तानासः¹ tā́nāḥ / tā́nāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | तान tā́na | तानौ tā́nau | तानाः / तानासः¹ tā́nāḥ / tā́nāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | तानम् tā́nam | तानौ tā́nau | तानान् tā́nān |
| Instrumental | तानेन tā́nena | तानाभ्याम् tā́nābhyām | तानैः / तानेभिः¹ tā́naiḥ / tā́nebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | तानाय tā́nāya | तानाभ्याम् tā́nābhyām | तानेभ्यः tā́nebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | तानात् tā́nāt | तानाभ्याम् tā́nābhyām | तानेभ्यः tā́nebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | तानस्य tā́nasya | तानयोः tā́nayoḥ | तानानाम् tā́nānām |
| Locative | ताने tā́ne | तानयोः tā́nayoḥ | तानेषु tā́neṣu |
| Notes |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899), “तान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 442/2.