तथा

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तथा (tathā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪ə.t̪ʰɑː/, [t̪ɐ.t̪ʰäː]

Conjunction[edit]

तथा (tathā)

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

Related terms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

तथा (tathā)

  1. in the same way as

Nepali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit तथा (tathā).

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

तथा (tathā)

  1. (literary) and
    Synonym: (ra)

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

तथा (tathā)

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

Sanskrit[edit]

Alternative scripts[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From तद् (tad, that). For the suffix, compare यथा (yathā) from यद् (yad).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

तथा (táthā)

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

Interjection[edit]

तथा (táthā)

  1. yes, so shall it be

Usage notes[edit]

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

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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.