तथा

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See also: तिथे and तिथि

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तथा (tathā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ə.t̪ʰɑː/,

Conjunction

तथा • (tathā)

  1. (literary) and
    Synonym: और (aur)

Adverb

तथा • (tathā)

  1. in the same way as

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तथा (tathā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Phonetic Devanagari: तथा

Conjunction

तथा • (tathā)

  1. (literary) and
    Synonym: र (ra)

Pali

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Adverb

तथा (tathā)

  1. Devanagari script form of tathā (“in that way”)

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From तद् (tád, “that”). For the suffix, compare यथा (yáthā) from यद् (yád).

Pronunciation

Adverb

तथा • (táthā)

  1. in such a way, so, thus
  2. also, as well
  3. certainly, surely

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Pali: tathā
  • → Assamese: তথা (totha) (learned)
  • → Gujarati: તથા (tathā) (learned)
  • → Hindi: तथा (tathā) (learned)
  • → Malayalam: തഥാ (tathā) (learned)
  • → Marathi: तथा (tathā) (learned)
  • → Nepali: तथा (tathā) (learned)
  • → Telugu: తథా (tathā) (learned)

Interjection

तथा • (táthā)

  1. yes, so shall it be

Usage notes

When used as an interjection it is generally followed by इति (íti).

References

  • Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “तथा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
  • “तथा” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 195.
  • Monier Williams (1899) “तथा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 433, column 3.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tathā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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