तन्

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) IPA^(key): /t̪ɐn̪/

Root

तन् • (tan)

1. to stretch
2. 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

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

Usage notes

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

Root

तन् • (tan)

1. 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