thana

See also: ṭhāna, dhana, and þana

English

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Etymology

From Hindi थाना (thānā), from Sanskrit स्थान (sthāna, “military outpost”). Doublet of Thane.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑːnə/

Noun

thana (plural thanas)

  1. An Indian military outpost.
  2. (India) A police station, or a police jurisdiction.
    • 1888, Rudyard Kipling; ‘At Howli Thana’, Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 387:
      To this talk the dacoits agreed, and we had no trouble at the Thana, and could eat melons in peace, sitting upon our charpoys all day long.
    • 2015, Ranjita Biswas, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, Written in Tears, Harper Perennial 2015, p. 70:
      Accompanied by some other young men from the village, he made rounds of the police thana and military base to get a release order.

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Old Saxon

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Determiner

thana

  1. accusative masculine singular of thē

Descendants
  • Low German: den

Pali

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Alternative forms
  • 𑀣𑀦 (Brahmi script)
  • थन (Devanagari script)
  • থন (Bengali script)
  • ථන (Sinhalese script)
  • ထန or ထၼ (Burmese script)
  • ถน or ถะนะ (Thai script)
  • ᨳᨶ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຖນ or ຖະນະ (Lao script)
  • ថន (Khmer script)
  • 𑄗𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit स्तन (stana).

Noun

thana m

  1. the breast of a woman
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