तान

Hindi

Etymology

From the stem of तानना (tānnā, “to pull”). Likely also conflated with Sanskrit तान (tāna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ɑːn/

Noun

तान • (tān) m

  1. (Hindustani classical music) taan: a kind of singing technique
  2. (music) tone; sound, note
    • 2017 October 14, “फ्रेशर्स पार्टी में पाश्चात्य संगीत के साथ देशी तड़के पर झूमे एमबीबीएस छात्र [At the Fresher's Party MBBS students dance to Western music with a Desi twist]”, in Hindustan‎, Kanpur:
      गाने की तान छेड़ी तो सीटियों से उनका स्वागत हुआ।
      gāne kī tān cheṛī to sīṭiyõ se unkā svāgat huā.
      When he finally ended the note of the song he was greeted with whistling.
  3. stretching; tension, tautness
    Synonym: खिंचाव (khiñcāv)

Declension

Declension of तान
Singular Plural
Direct तान (tān) तान (tān)
Oblique तान (tān) तानों (tānõ)
Vocative तान (tān) तानो (tāno)

See also

References

Konkani

Etymology

From Maharastri Prakrit 𑀢𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸 (taṇhā), from Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā), from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). Compare Marathi तहान (tahān) and English thirst.

Noun

तान (tān) (Latin script taan, Kannada script ತಾನ)

  1. thirst

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tā́nas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tā́nas, from Proto-Indo-European *tónos, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”).

Pronunciation

Noun

तान • (tā́na) m

  1. fibre
  2. tone
  3. monotonous tone (in reciting, एक-श्रुति)
  4. an object of sense (or = तात्पर्य, compare एक-)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of तान
Nom. sg. तानः (tānaḥ)
Gen. sg. तानस्य (tānasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative तानः (tānaḥ) तानौ (tānau) तानाः (tānāḥ)
Vocative तान (tāna) तानौ (tānau) तानाः (tānāḥ)
Accusative तानम् (tānam) तानौ (tānau) तानान् (tānān)
Instrumental तानेन (tānena) तानाभ्याम् (tānābhyām) तानैः (tānaiḥ)
Dative तानाय (tānāya) तानाभ्याम् (tānābhyām) तानेभ्यः (tānebhyaḥ)
Ablative तानात् (tānāt) तानाभ्याम् (tānābhyām) तानेभ्यः (tānebhyaḥ)
Genitive तानस्य (tānasya) तानयोः (tānayoḥ) तानानाम् (tānānām)
Locative ताने (tāne) तानयोः (tānayoḥ) तानेषु (tāneṣu)

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 442/2
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