तन्

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

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). Compare Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō), Latin tendō, German dehnen.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐn/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɐn̪/

Root

तन् • (tan)

to stretch
to spread

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root तन्‎ (0 c, 4 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

तनोति (tanóti, Present)
तनिस्यति (tanisyáti, Future)
तंस्यति (taṃsyáti, Future)
तनिता (tanitā́, Periphrastic Future)
तायिता (tāyitā́, Periphrastic Future)
अतानीत् (átānīt, Aorist)
अतनीत् (átanīt, Aorist)
ततान (tatā́na, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

तायते (tāyáte, Passive)
तन्यते (tanyáte, Passive)
अतानि (átāni, Passive)
तानयति (tānáyati, Causative)
अतीतनत् (átītanat, Causative)
तितांसति (titāṃsati, Desiderative)
तितानिषति (titāniṣati, Desiderative)
तन्तन्यते (tantanyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

तन्तुम् (tántum, Infinitive)
तत्वा (tatvā́, Gerund)
तत (tatá, Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

तति (tati, “mass, crowd”)
तन (tána, “offspring,posterity”)
तनय (tanaya)
तनस् (tanas, “offspring”)
तन्त्र (tántra, “loom”)
तनिका (tanikā, “cord”)
तनितृ (tanitṛ, “accomplisher”)
तनु (tanú, “thin”)
तनीयस् (tánīyas, “thinner”)
तनिष्ठ (tániṣṭha, “thinnest”)
तनू (tanū́, “body”)
तन्ति (tantí, “cord, line”)
तन्तु (tántu, “thread”)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तन्‎ (2 c, 0 e)

Noun

तन् • (tán) stem, m

continuation, uninterrupted succession Lit. RV.
propagation, offspring, posterity

Usage notes

Only attested in the dative तने (tane) and instrumental तना (tanā).

Root

तन् • (tan)

to resound, roar

References

Monier Williams (1899) “तन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 435.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 60

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