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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- তংস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬂᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- তংস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰽𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀁𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- တံသ် (Burmese script)
- તંસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਤਂਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌂𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦁꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂁𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ತಂಸ್ (Kannada script)
- តំស៑ (Khmer script)
- ຕໍສ຺ (Lao script)
- തംസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᢀ᠋ᢠᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘽𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᢐᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑧞𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑑄𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ତଂସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢡꢀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆁𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖽𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- තංස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑪖𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚫𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- தஂஸ் (Tamil script)
- తంస్ (Telugu script)
- ตํสฺ (Thai script)
- ཏཾ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑓀𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨸𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tens- (“to stretch”). Compare Proto-Germanic *þinsaną (“to stretch”), Lithuanian tę̃sti (“to stretch out, continue, extend”).[1]
Pronunciation
Root
तंस् • (taṃs)
- to decorate (something or oneself)
- to "move about", pour out (eg. a wish)
- to draw to and fro
- to shake
- to afflict, be distressed
Derived terms
Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root तंस् not found
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तंस् not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Derived Nominal Forms
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “TAM̆̇S”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 609-10
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “तंस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 431/2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “तंस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 59