تن

See also: بن, ثن, and پ.ن

Arabic

Etymology

From Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tunn/

Noun

تُنّ • (tunn) m

1. tuna

Declension

Declension of noun تُنّ (tunn)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تُنّ tunn	التُّنّ at-tunn	تُنّ tunn
nominative	تُنٌّ tunnun	التُّنُّ at-tunnu	تُنُّ tunnu
accusative	تُنًّا tunnan	التُّنَّ at-tunna	تُنَّ tunna
genitive	تُنٍّ tunnin	التُّنِّ at-tunni	تُنِّ tunni

Burushaski

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tin]

Noun

تن (tin)

1. (anatomy) bone

References

• Sadaf Munshi (2015), “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project‎^[1].
• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2025), “tin”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

Persian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian tn' (tan), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎵𐎢𐏁 (tanūš), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *tenuh₂- (“body”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈtan/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän]

Readings
Classical reading?	tan
Dari reading?	tan
Iranian reading?	tan
Tajik reading?	tan

Noun

تن • (tan) (Tajik spelling тан)

1. body

   Synonyms: پیکر (paykar / peykar), بدن (badan), جسد (jasad)

Classifier

تن • (tan) (Tajik spelling тан)

1. classifier for people

Derived terms

• تندرست (tandurust / tandorost)
• تنه (tana / tane)
• تن‌فروش (tan-furōš / tan-foruš)

Descendants

• → Bashkir: тән (tən)
• → Kazakh: тән (tän)
• → Ottoman Turkish: تن (ten)
  • Turkish: ten
• → Uyghur: تەن (ten)
• → Uzbek: tan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French thon.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈtun/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰʊn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰun]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰon]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰun]

Readings
Classical reading?	tun
Dari reading?	tun
Iranian reading?	ton
Tajik reading?	tun

Noun

تن • (tun / ton) (Tajik spelling тун)

1. tuna

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French tonne (in Iran) or from English ton (in Dari).

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰon]

Readings
Dari reading?	tan
Iranian reading?	ton

Noun

تن • (tan / ton) (Tajik spelling тонна)

1. a tonne / metric ton

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “تن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Punjabi

Western Panjabi numbers ^(edit)

	30[a], [b]
←  2	۳ 3	4  →
Cardinal: تِنّ (tinn), تْرَے (trai)     Ordinal: تِیجا (tījā), تْرِیّا     Adverbial: تِہرا (tihrā)     Multiplier: تِگُݨا (tiguṇā), تِنّ گُݨا (tinn guṇā), تْرَے گُݨا (trai guṇā)     Collective: تِنّاں (tinnāṉ)     Fractional: تِہائی (tihā'ī), تْرِہائی (trihā'ī)

Alternative forms

• تْرَے (trai) (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit त्रीणि (trīṇi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ɪn̪ːə̆/

Numeral

تِنّ • (tinnă) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਿੰਨ)

1. three

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀡𑀽 (taṇū), from Sanskrit तनू (tanū́), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *tenúh₂s, from *tenuh₂- (“body”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ən/

Noun

تَن • (tan) m (Hindi spelling तन)

1. body
2. straw
3. trunk

Synonyms

• بَدَن (badan)
• جِسْم (jism)
• شَرِیر (śarīr)
• دیہ (deh)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884), “تن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.