ته

See also: بہٕ, به, په, پہ, and تۀ

Arabic

Pronoun

تِهِ • (tihī, tihi)

  1. feminine singular of ذَا (ḏā)

Derived terms

Verb

تُهْ • (tuh) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of تَاهَ (tāha)

Mazanderani

Determiner

ته (te)

  1. your

Ormuri

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *túH, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Compare Avestan 𐬙𐬏𐬨 (tūm), Persian تو (to), Northern Kurdish tu.[1][2][3]

Pronoun

ته (tū)

  1. you (singular)

References
  1. Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎, Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 164
  2. Grierson, George Abraham (1921) Linguistic Survey of India (Volume 10)), Superintendent Government Printing, Calcutta, pages 123-325
  3. Morgenstierne, Georg (1929) Indo-Iranian frontier languages vol.1, H. Aschehoug, Oslo, page 348

Pashto

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ta/

Postposition

ته • (ta)

  1. to

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *túH, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Compare Avestan 𐬙𐬏𐬨 (tūm), Persian تو (to), Northern Kurdish tu.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tə/

Pronoun

ته • (të)

  1. you (singular)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (th /⁠tah⁠/), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tews- (“to be empty, drain”), and thus cognate with تهی (tohi, “empty, hollow”), Sanskrit तुच्छ्य (tucchya, “empty, vain”).[1][2] Compare also Persian تک (tak, “bottom”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰäʱ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɑː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰɔː]

Readings
Classical reading? tah
Dari reading? tah
Iranian reading? tah
Tajik reading? tah

Noun

تَه • (tah)

  1. bottom
    ته دریا ― tah-e daryâ ― bottom of the sea
    ته چاه ― tah-e čâh ― bottom of the well
  2. base
  3. stub
    ته سیگار ― tah-e sigâr ― cigarette stub
  4. final
    ته خط ― tah-e xat ― end of the road

Derived terms
  • از ته دل (az tah-e del, “heartily”)
  • ته پر (tah-por)
  • ته کشیدن (tah kešidan)
  • ته‌دیگ (tah-dig, “crust of cooked rice”)
  • سروته (sar-o-tah, “upside down”, literally “head and bottom”)

Descendants
  • → Urdu: تہ (tah)

References
  1. Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 478
  2. Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 388-9
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