طن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

طَنَّ • (ṭanna) I, non-past يَطِنُّ‎‎ (yaṭinnu)

to hum, to buzz, to drone
Synonym: أَزَّ‎ (ʔazza)
to ring, to clang
Synonym: رَنَّ‎ (ranna)
to move with buzzing sound, to whiz

Conjugation

Conjugation of

طَنَّ

(form-I geminate, verbal nouns طَنّ or طَنِين)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر					طَنّ or طَنِين‎ ṭann or ṭanīn
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					طَانّ‎ ṭānn
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مَطْنُون‎ maṭnūn
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	طَنَنْتُ‎ ṭanantu	طَنَنْتَ‎ ṭananta	طَنَّ ṭanna	طَنَنْتُمَا‎ ṭanantumā	طَنَّا‎ ṭannā	طَنَنَّا‎ ṭanannā	طَنَنْتُمْ‎ ṭanantum	طَنُّوا‎ ṭannū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	طَنَنْتُ‎ ṭanantu	طَنَنْتِ‎ ṭananti	طَنَّتْ‎ ṭannat	طَنَنْتُمَا‎ ṭanantumā	طَنَّتَا‎ ṭannatā	طَنَنَّا‎ ṭanannā	طَنَنْتُنَّ‎ ṭanantunna	طَنَنَّ‎ ṭananna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَطِنُّ‎ ʔaṭinnu	تَطِنُّ‎ taṭinnu	يَطِنُّ‎ yaṭinnu	تَطِنَّانِ‎ taṭinnāni	يَطِنَّانِ‎ yaṭinnāni	نَطِنُّ‎ naṭinnu	تَطِنُّونَ‎ taṭinnūna	يَطِنُّونَ‎ yaṭinnūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَطِنُّ‎ ʔaṭinnu	تَطِنِّينَ‎ taṭinnīna	تَطِنُّ‎ taṭinnu	تَطِنَّانِ‎ taṭinnāni	تَطِنَّانِ‎ taṭinnāni	نَطِنُّ‎ naṭinnu	تَطْنِنَّ‎ taṭninna	يَطْنِنَّ‎ yaṭninna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَطِنَّ‎ ʔaṭinna	تَطِنَّ‎ taṭinna	يَطِنَّ‎ yaṭinna	تَطِنَّا‎ taṭinnā	يَطِنَّا‎ yaṭinnā	نَطِنَّ‎ naṭinna	تَطِنُّوا‎ taṭinnū	يَطِنُّوا‎ yaṭinnū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَطِنَّ‎ ʔaṭinna	تَطِنِّي‎ taṭinnī	تَطِنَّ‎ taṭinna	تَطِنَّا‎ taṭinnā	تَطِنَّا‎ taṭinnā	نَطِنَّ‎ naṭinna	تَطْنِنَّ‎ taṭninna	يَطْنِنَّ‎ yaṭninna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَطِنَّ‎ or أَطِنِّ‎ or أَطْنِنْ‎ ʔaṭinna or ʔaṭinni or ʔaṭnin	تَطِنَّ‎ or تَطِنِّ‎ or تَطْنِنْ‎ taṭinna or taṭinni or taṭnin	يَطِنَّ‎ or يَطِنِّ‎ or يَطْنِنْ‎ yaṭinna or yaṭinni or yaṭnin	تَطِنَّا‎ taṭinnā	يَطِنَّا‎ yaṭinnā	نَطِنَّ‎ or نَطِنِّ‎ or نَطْنِنْ‎ naṭinna or naṭinni or naṭnin	تَطِنُّوا‎ taṭinnū	يَطِنُّوا‎ yaṭinnū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f		تَطِنِّي‎ taṭinnī	تَطِنَّ‎ or تَطِنِّ‎ or تَطْنِنْ‎ taṭinna or taṭinni or taṭnin	تَطِنَّا‎ taṭinnā	تَطِنَّا‎ taṭinnā		تَطْنِنَّ‎ taṭninna	يَطْنِنَّ‎ yaṭninna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		طِنَّ or طِنِّ or اِطْنِنْ‎ ṭinna or ṭinni or iṭnin		طِنَّا‎ ṭinnā			طِنُّوا‎ ṭinnū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		طِنِّي‎ ṭinnī		طِنَّا‎ ṭinnā			اِطْنِنَّ‎ iṭninna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	طُنِنْتُ‎ ṭunintu	طُنِنْتَ‎ ṭuninta	طُنَّ ṭunna	طُنِنْتُمَا‎ ṭunintumā	طُنَّا‎ ṭunnā	طُنِنَّا‎ ṭuninnā	طُنِنْتُمْ‎ ṭunintum	طُنُّوا‎ ṭunnū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	طُنِنْتُ‎ ṭunintu	طُنِنْتِ‎ ṭuninti	طُنَّتْ‎ ṭunnat	طُنِنْتُمَا‎ ṭunintumā	طُنَّتَا‎ ṭunnatā	طُنِنَّا‎ ṭuninnā	طُنِنْتُنَّ‎ ṭunintunna	طُنِنَّ‎ ṭuninna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُطَنُّ‎ ʔuṭannu	تُطَنُّ‎ tuṭannu	يُطَنُّ‎ yuṭannu	تُطَنَّانِ‎ tuṭannāni	يُطَنَّانِ‎ yuṭannāni	نُطَنُّ‎ nuṭannu	تُطَنُّونَ‎ tuṭannūna	يُطَنُّونَ‎ yuṭannūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُطَنُّ‎ ʔuṭannu	تُطَنِّينَ‎ tuṭannīna	تُطَنُّ‎ tuṭannu	تُطَنَّانِ‎ tuṭannāni	تُطَنَّانِ‎ tuṭannāni	نُطَنُّ‎ nuṭannu	تُطْنَنَّ‎ tuṭnanna	يُطْنَنَّ‎ yuṭnanna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُطَنَّ‎ ʔuṭanna	تُطَنَّ‎ tuṭanna	يُطَنَّ‎ yuṭanna	تُطَنَّا‎ tuṭannā	يُطَنَّا‎ yuṭannā	نُطَنَّ‎ nuṭanna	تُطَنُّوا‎ tuṭannū	يُطَنُّوا‎ yuṭannū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُطَنَّ‎ ʔuṭanna	تُطَنِّي‎ tuṭannī	تُطَنَّ‎ tuṭanna	تُطَنَّا‎ tuṭannā	تُطَنَّا‎ tuṭannā	نُطَنَّ‎ nuṭanna	تُطْنَنَّ‎ tuṭnanna	يُطْنَنَّ‎ yuṭnanna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُطَنَّ‎ or أُطَنِّ‎ or أُطْنَنْ‎ ʔuṭanna or ʔuṭanni or ʔuṭnan	تُطَنَّ‎ or تُطَنِّ‎ or تُطْنَنْ‎ tuṭanna or tuṭanni or tuṭnan	يُطَنَّ‎ or يُطَنِّ‎ or يُطْنَنْ‎ yuṭanna or yuṭanni or yuṭnan	تُطَنَّا‎ tuṭannā	يُطَنَّا‎ yuṭannā	نُطَنَّ‎ or نُطَنِّ‎ or نُطْنَنْ‎ nuṭanna or nuṭanni or nuṭnan	تُطَنُّوا‎ tuṭannū	يُطَنُّوا‎ yuṭannū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f		تُطَنِّي‎ tuṭannī	تُطَنَّ‎ or تُطَنِّ‎ or تُطْنَنْ‎ tuṭanna or tuṭanni or tuṭnan	تُطَنَّا‎ tuṭannā	تُطَنَّا‎ tuṭannā		تُطْنَنَّ‎ tuṭnanna	يُطْنَنَّ‎ yuṭnanna

Derived terms

طَنَّان‎ (ṭannān, “ringing, buzzing, high-sounding etc.”)

Etymology 2

From English ton and French tonne (“ton”), from Latin tunna.

Noun

طُنّ • (ṭunn) m (plural طِنَان‎ (ṭinān) or أَطْنَان‎ (ʔaṭnān))

tonne, metric ton

Declension

Declension of noun طُنّ (ṭunn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُنّ ṭunn	الطُّنّ‎ aṭ-ṭunn	طُنّ ṭunn
Nominative	طُنٌّ ṭunnun	الطُّنُّ‎ aṭ-ṭunnu	طُنُّ ṭunnu
Accusative	طُنًّا‎ ṭunnan	الطُّنَّ‎ aṭ-ṭunna	طُنَّ ṭunna
Genitive	طُنٍّ ṭunnin	الطُّنِّ‎ aṭ-ṭunni	طُنِّ ṭunni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُنَّيْن‎ ṭunnayn	الطُّنَّيْن‎ aṭ-ṭunnayn	طُنَّيْ‎ ṭunnay
Nominative	طُنَّانِ‎ ṭunnāni	الطُّنَّانِ‎ aṭ-ṭunnāni	طُنَّا‎ ṭunnā
Accusative	طُنَّيْنِ‎ ṭunnayni	الطُّنَّيْنِ‎ aṭ-ṭunnayni	طُنَّيْ‎ ṭunnay
Genitive	طُنَّيْنِ‎ ṭunnayni	الطُّنَّيْنِ‎ aṭ-ṭunnayni	طُنَّيْ‎ ṭunnay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طِنَان‎‎; أَطْنَان‎ ṭinān‎; ʔaṭnān	الطِّنَان‎‎; الْأَطْنَان‎ aṭ-ṭinān‎; al-ʔaṭnān	طِنَان‎‎; أَطْنَان‎ ṭinān‎; ʔaṭnān
Nominative	طِنَانٌ‎‎; أَطْنَانٌ‎ ṭinānun‎; ʔaṭnānun	الطِّنَانُ‎‎; الْأَطْنَانُ‎ aṭ-ṭinānu‎; al-ʔaṭnānu	طِنَانُ‎‎; أَطْنَانُ‎ ṭinānu‎; ʔaṭnānu
Accusative	طِنَانًا‎‎; أَطْنَانًا‎ ṭinānan‎; ʔaṭnānan	الطِّنَانَ‎‎; الْأَطْنَانَ‎ aṭ-ṭināna‎; al-ʔaṭnāna	طِنَانَ‎‎; أَطْنَانَ‎ ṭināna‎; ʔaṭnāna
Genitive	طِنَانٍ‎‎; أَطْنَانٍ‎ ṭinānin‎; ʔaṭnānin	الطِّنَانِ‎‎; الْأَطْنَانِ‎ aṭ-ṭināni‎; al-ʔaṭnāni	طِنَانِ‎‎; أَطْنَانِ‎ ṭināni‎; ʔaṭnāni

Etymology 3

The meaning of a bundle of reed is considered from Aramaic טוּנַּס‎ (ṭunnas, “reed”), which is attested once in Jewish Literary Aramaic and agrees with Ancient Greek δόναξ (dónax, “reed”), otherwise compare אֲטוּנָא‎ (ʔăṭūnā), אֲטְוָנָא‎ (ʔăṭwānā, “twisted strap”), which occurs in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic sometimes without the aleph prothesis.

The meaning of a load, as which also the human body is easily understood, is from the common Aramaic טוּנָא‎ (ṭūna, ṭunnā), an assimilated form of טְוּעֲנָא‎ (ṭūʕănā), טְעוּנָא‎ (ṭəʕūnā, “load, burden”), which or a similar form is also the source of طَاعُون‎ (ṭāʕūn, “plague”).

Noun

طُنّ • (ṭunn) m (collective, singulative طُنَّة‎ f (ṭunna), plural طِنَان‎ (ṭinān) or أَطْنَان‎ (ʔaṭnān)) (obsolete)

the human body
load carried on the camel's back between the loads on both sides
bundle of reeds

Declension

Declension of noun طُنّ (ṭunn)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُنّ ṭunn	الطُّنّ‎ aṭ-ṭunn	طُنّ ṭunn
Nominative	طُنٌّ ṭunnun	الطُّنُّ‎ aṭ-ṭunnu	طُنُّ ṭunnu
Accusative	طُنًّا‎ ṭunnan	الطُّنَّ‎ aṭ-ṭunna	طُنَّ ṭunna
Genitive	طُنٍّ ṭunnin	الطُّنِّ‎ aṭ-ṭunni	طُنِّ ṭunni
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُنَّة‎ ṭunna	الطُّنَّة‎ aṭ-ṭunna	طُنَّة‎ ṭunnat
Nominative	طُنَّةٌ‎ ṭunnatun	الطُّنَّةُ‎ aṭ-ṭunnatu	طُنَّةُ‎ ṭunnatu
Accusative	طُنَّةً‎ ṭunnatan	الطُّنَّةَ‎ aṭ-ṭunnata	طُنَّةَ‎ ṭunnata
Genitive	طُنَّةٍ‎ ṭunnatin	الطُّنَّةِ‎ aṭ-ṭunnati	طُنَّةِ‎ ṭunnati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُنَّتَيْن‎ ṭunnatayn	الطُّنَّتَيْن‎ aṭ-ṭunnatayn	طُنَّتَيْ‎ ṭunnatay
Nominative	طُنَّتَانِ‎ ṭunnatāni	الطُّنَّتَانِ‎ aṭ-ṭunnatāni	طُنَّتَا‎ ṭunnatā
Accusative	طُنَّتَيْنِ‎ ṭunnatayni	الطُّنَّتَيْنِ‎ aṭ-ṭunnatayni	طُنَّتَيْ‎ ṭunnatay
Genitive	طُنَّتَيْنِ‎ ṭunnatayni	الطُّنَّتَيْنِ‎ aṭ-ṭunnatayni	طُنَّتَيْ‎ ṭunnatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طُنَّات‎ ṭunnāt	الطُّنَّات‎ aṭ-ṭunnāt	طُنَّات‎ ṭunnāt
Nominative	طُنَّاتٌ‎ ṭunnātun	الطُّنَّاتُ‎ aṭ-ṭunnātu	طُنَّاتُ‎ ṭunnātu
Accusative	طُنَّاتٍ‎ ṭunnātin	الطُّنَّاتِ‎ aṭ-ṭunnāti	طُنَّاتِ‎ ṭunnāti
Genitive	طُنَّاتٍ‎ ṭunnātin	الطُّنَّاتِ‎ aṭ-ṭunnāti	طُنَّاتِ‎ ṭunnāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
Plural of variety	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طِنَان‎‎; أَطْنَان‎ ṭinān‎; ʔaṭnān	الطِّنَان‎‎; الْأَطْنَان‎ aṭ-ṭinān‎; al-ʔaṭnān	طِنَان‎‎; أَطْنَان‎ ṭinān‎; ʔaṭnān
Nominative	طِنَانٌ‎‎; أَطْنَانٌ‎ ṭinānun‎; ʔaṭnānun	الطِّنَانُ‎‎; الْأَطْنَانُ‎ aṭ-ṭinānu‎; al-ʔaṭnānu	طِنَانُ‎‎; أَطْنَانُ‎ ṭinānu‎; ʔaṭnānu
Accusative	طِنَانًا‎‎; أَطْنَانًا‎ ṭinānan‎; ʔaṭnānan	الطِّنَانَ‎‎; الْأَطْنَانَ‎ aṭ-ṭināna‎; al-ʔaṭnāna	طِنَانَ‎‎; أَطْنَانَ‎ ṭināna‎; ʔaṭnāna
Genitive	طِنَانٍ‎‎; أَطْنَانٍ‎ ṭinānin‎; ʔaṭnānin	الطِّنَانِ‎‎; الْأَطْنَانِ‎ aṭ-ṭināni‎; al-ʔaṭnāni	طِنَانِ‎‎; أَطْنَانِ‎ ṭināni‎; ʔaṭnāni

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 76
Freytag, Georg (1835), “طن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 73a
Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 343
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “طن”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 646a
“ṭwns²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
“ˀṭwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
“ṭˁwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Bulgar

Verb

طَنْ (tan)

(Volga Bulgar) to do, make

Derived terms

عَمَاڔَة طَنْ‎ (ğamaarat tanan, “who built”)
طَنْروى‎ (tanruwi, “that (he) did/did”)

Descendants

Chuvash: ту (tu)

References

New Volga Bulgarian Inscriptions F. S. Hakimjanov, page 174
Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, pages 66, 82, 190-191

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

طون‎ (ṭōn)

Etymology

From French tonne.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˤonn/, [tˤon]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)

Noun

طنّ • (ṭonn) m (plural طنان‎ (ṭnān) or أطنان‎ (ʔaṭnān))

ton, metric ton

طن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

Declension

References

Bulgar

Verb

Derived terms

Descendants

References

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

See also