तनू

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See also: तन, तनु, तन्, ताना, तीन, तान, and तानि

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanúHs (“body, self”), from Proto-Indo-European *tenuh₂- (“body”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬎 (tanu, “body, self”), Old Persian 𐎫𐎵𐎢𐏁 (t-nu-u-š /⁠tanūš⁠/). The reflexive use is an Indo-Iranian innovation.

Pronunciation

Noun

तनू • (tanū́ or tánū) stem, f

  1. body
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.183.2:
      अप॑श्यं त्वा॒ मन॑सा॒ दीध्या॑नां॒ स्वायां॑ त॒नू ऋत्व्ये॒ नाध॑मानां ।
      उप॒ मामु॒च्चा यु॑व॒तिर्ब॑भूयाः॒ प्र जा॑यस्व प्र॒जया॑ पुत्रकामे ॥
      ápaśyaṃ tvā mánasā dī́dhyānāṃ svā́yāṃ tanū́ ṛ́tvye nā́dhamānāṃ .
      úpa mā́muccā́ yuvatírbabhūyāḥ prá jāyasva prajáyā putrakāme .
      I saw thee pondering in thine heart, and praying that in due time thy body might be fruitful.
      Come as a youthful woman, rise to meet me: spread in thine offspring, thou who cravest children.
  2. person, self (often used like a reflexive noun)
  3. form or manifestation

Declension

Feminine ū-stem declension of तनू (tanū́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative तनूः
tanū́ḥ 		तनू / तन्वा / तनुवौ / तन्वौ
tanū́ / tanvā̀ / tanúvau / tanvau 		तन्वः / तनुवः
tanvàḥ / tanúvaḥ
Vocative तनु
tánu 		तन्वौ / तनू¹
tánvau / tánū¹ 		तन्वः / तनूः¹
tánvaḥ / tánūḥ¹
Accusative तन्वम् / तनुवम्
tanvàm / tanuvam 		तन्वौ / तनू¹
tanvaù / tanū́¹ 		तन्वः
tanvàḥ
Instrumental तनुवा
tanuvā 		तनूभ्याम्
tanū́bhyām 		तनूभिः
tanū́bhiḥ
Dative तन्वै
tanvaí 		तनूभ्याम्
tanū́bhyām 		तनूभ्यः
tanū́bhyaḥ
Ablative तन्वः
tanvàḥ 		तनूभ्याम्
tanū́bhyām 		तनूभ्यः
tanū́bhyaḥ
Genitive तन्वः
tanvàḥ 		तन्वोः
tanvóḥ 		तनूनाम्
tanū́nām
Locative तन्वि / तन्वी / तन्वाम्
tanvì / tanvī̀ / tanvā̀m 		तन्वोः
tanvóḥ 		तनूषु
tanū́ṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “तनू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 435/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 621-2

Further reading

  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “tanū”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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