ਤਾਂਤ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ताँत (tā̃t), from Sanskrit तन्ति (tanti, “cord, string”). Doublet of ਤੰਦ (tand) or ਤੰਦੀ (tandī), native forms.

Noun

ਤਾਂਤ • (tānt) m

1. catgut, string (of musical instruments)

Further reading

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਤਾਂਤ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tantí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 322