تن

See also: بن, ثن, and پ.ن

Arabic

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تن

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Etymology

From Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tunn/

Noun

تُنّ • (tunn) m

tuna

Declension

Declension of noun تُنّ (tunn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تُنّ tunn	التُّنّ at-tunn	تُنّ tunn
Nominative	تُنٌّ tunnun	التُّنُّ at-tunnu	تُنُّ tunnu
Accusative	تُنًّا tunnan	التُّنَّ at-tunna	تُنَّ tunna
Genitive	تُنٍّ tunnin	التُّنِّ at-tunni	تُنِّ tunni

Burushaski

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tin]

Noun

تن (tin)

(anatomy) bone

References

Sadaf Munshi (2015) “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project‎^[1].
Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “tin”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

Persian

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تن

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian tn' (tan), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎵𐎢𐏁 (tanūš), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *tenuh₂- (“body”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tan]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tan
Dari reading^?	tan
Iranian reading^?	tan
Tajik reading^?	tan

Noun


Iranian Persian	تن
Dari	تن
Tajik	тан

تن • (tan)

body
person

Synonyms

پیکر (peykar)
بدن (badan)
جسد (jasad)

Derived terms

تنه (tane)
تن‌فروش (tan-foruš)
تن‌فروشی (tan-foruši)

Descendants

→ Bashkir: тән (tən)
→ Kazakh: тән (tän)
→ Ottoman Turkish: تن (ten)
- Turkish: ten
→ Uyghur: تەن (ten)
→ Uzbek: tan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French tonne (in Iran) or from English ton (in Dari).

Pronunciation

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰän]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰon]

Readings
Dari reading^?	tan
Iranian reading^?	ton

Noun


Iranian Persian	تن
Dari	تن
Tajik	тонна

تن • (ton or tan)

a tonne / metric ton

Punjabi

**Western Panjabi numbers ^(edit)**
	30^{[a], [b]}
← 2	۳ 3	4 →
Cardinal: تِنّ (tinn), تْرَے (trai) Ordinal: تِیجا (tījā), تْرِیّا Adverbial: تِہرا (tihrā) Multiplier: تِگُݨا (tiguṇā), تِنّ گُݨا (tinn guṇā), تْرَے گُݨا (trai guṇā) Collective: تِنّاں (tinnāṉ), تْرَیئے (trai'e) Fractional: تِہائی (tihā'ī), تْرِہائی (trihā'ī)

Alternative forms

تْرَے (trai) (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit त्रीणि (trīṇi).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪ɪn̪ːə̆/

Numeral

تِنّ • (tinnă) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਿੰਨ)

three

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀡𑀽 (taṇū), from Sanskrit तनू (tanū́), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *tenúh₂s, from *tenuh₂- (“body”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ən/

Noun

تَن • (tan) m (Hindi spelling तन)

Synonyms

بَدَن (badan)
جِسْم (jism)
شَرِیر (śarīr)
دیہ (deh)

References

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