تن

See also: بن‎, ثن‎, and پ.ن‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos), from θύνω (thúnō, “I rush, dart along”).

Noun

تُنّ • (tunn) m

  1. tuna

Declension

Persian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Middle Persian tn' (tan), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎵𐎢𐏁 (tanūš), from Proto-Indo-European *tenuh₂- (“body”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬎‎ (tanu) and Sanskrit तनू (tanū́).

Noun

Dari تن
Iranian Persian
Tajik тан (tan)

تن • (tan)

  1. body
  2. person
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Bashkir: тән (tän)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: تن‎ (ten)

Noun

تن • (ton)

  1. tonne

Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit तनू (tanū́) or Persian تن‎ (tan).

Pronunciation

Noun

تن • (tan) m (Hindi spelling तन)

  1. body
  2. straw
  3. trunk

Synonyms

References

  • Platts, John T. (1884), “تن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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