𑀞𑀸𑀡

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀣𑀸𑀡 (thāṇa) — Māhārāṣṭrī

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *os

Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam

Sanskrit स्थान॑ (sthā́na)

Prakrit 𑀞𑀸𑀡

Inherited from Sanskrit स्थान॑ (sthā́na), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-, or from Proto-Indo-European *os. Cognate with Pali ṭhāna.

Noun

𑀞𑀸𑀡 (ṭhāṇa) n (Devanagari ठाण, Gujarati ઠાણ, Kannada ಠಾಣ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī, Ardhamāgadhī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī)

1. place; position; condition

Descendants

Many descendants reflex the dental form 𑀣𑀸𑀡 (thāṇa).

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: थान (thān), थाना (thānā, “police station”)
    • Urdu: تَھان (thān), تَھانَہ (thāna, “police station”)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali-Assamese:
    • Bengali: থান (than), থানা (thana, “police station, post”), ঠাঁই (ṭhãi)
    • Early Assamese: থান (thano)
      • Assamese: থান (than), ঠান (than, “shape”), থানা (thana, “police station”)
  • Odia: ଠାଣା (ṭhāṇā, “post”), ଠଣା (ṭhaṇā, “residence”)
• Insular Indo-Aryan:
  • Dhivehi: ތަން (tan̊)
  • Sinhalese: තන (tana)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Garhwali: थान (thān)
  • Kumaoni: थाणो (thāṇo, “police station”)
  • Nepali: थानु (thānu), थाना (thānā, “police station”)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi: ਥਾਣ (thāṇ), ਥਾਣਾ (thāṇā, “police station”)
  • Sindhi: थाणो (ṭhāṇo), ठाणु (ṭhāṇu, “stall in a stable”)
• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Konkani: ठाण (ṭhāṇ, “camp”)
  • Marathi: ठाण (ṭhāṇ)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Gujarati: ઠાણ (ṭhāṇ), થાણું (thāṇũ, “police station”)
  • Romani: than
    • Vlax Romani: tan
    • Welsh Romani: than