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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