किं तु

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• किंतु (kiṃtu), किन्तु (kintu)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কিং তু (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬶᬂᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
• কিং তু (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰰𑰽𑱃𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀺𑀁 𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ကိံ တု (Burmese script)
• કિં તુ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਿਂ ਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌿𑌂 𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦶꦁꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂱𑂁 𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಿಂ ತು (Kannada script)
• កិំ តុ (Khmer script)
• ກິໍ ຕຸ (Lao script)
• കിം തു (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᡬᡳ
  ᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘱𑘽 𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᢉᠢ
  ᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧒𑧞 𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐶𑑄 𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
• କିଂ ତୁ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢶꢀ ꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆴𑆁 𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖰𑖽 𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
• කිං තු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩑𑪖 𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚮𑚫 𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
• கிஂ து (Tamil script)
• కిం తు (Telugu script)
• กิํ ตุ (Thai script)
• ཀིཾ་ཏུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒱𑓀 𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨁𑨸 𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kin tu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kin̪ t̪u/

Adverb

किं तु • (kiṃ tu)

1. still, nevertheless

Descendants

• → Assamese: কিন্তু (kintu)
• → Bengali: কিন্তু (kintu)
• → Hindi: किंतु (kintu), किन्तु (kintu)
• → Odia: କିନ୍ତୁ (kintu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तु 2.tú”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 449, column 3.