तन्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ten- (to stretch). Compare Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō), Latin tendō, German dehnen.

Pronunciation

Root

तन् • (tan)

  1. to stretch
  2. to spread

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root तन्‎ (0 c, 4 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
  • तनोति (tanóti, Present)
  • तनिस्यति (tanisyáti, Future)
  • तंस्यति (taṃsyáti, Future)
  • तनिता (tanitā́, Periphrastic Future)
  • तायिता (tāyitā́, Periphrastic Future)
  • अतानीत् (átānīt, Aorist)
  • अतनीत् (átanīt, Aorist)
  • ततान (tatā́na, Perfect)
Secondary Forms
  • तायते (tāyáte, Passive)
  • तन्यते (tanyáte, Passive)
  • अतानि (átāni, Passive)
  • तानयति (tānáyati, Causative)
  • अतीतनत् (átītanat, Causative)
  • तितांसति (titāṃsati, Desiderative)
  • तितानिषति (titāniṣati, Desiderative)
  • तन्तन्यते (tantanyate, Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • तन्तुम् (tántum, Infinitive)
  • तत्वा (tatvā́, Gerund)
  • तत (tatá, Past Participle)
Derived Nominal Forms
  • तति (tati, mass, crowd)
  • तन (tána, offspring,posterity)
  • तनय (tanaya)
  • तनस् (tanas, offspring)
  • तन्त्र (tántra, loom)
  • तनिका (tanikā, cord)
  • तनितृ (tanitṛ, accomplisher)
  • तनु (tanú, thin)
  • तनीयस् (tánīyas, thinner)
  • तनिष्ठ (tániṣṭha, thinnest)
  • तनू (tanū́, body)
  • तन्ति (tantí, cord, line)
  • तन्तु (tántu, thread)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तन्‎ (2 c, 0 e)

Noun

तन् • (tán) stem, m

  1. continuation, uninterrupted succession Lit. RV.
  2. propagation, offspring, posterity

Usage notes

Only attested in the dative तने (tane) and instrumental तना (tanā).

Root

तन् • (tan)

  1. to resound, roar

References

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