तंस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তংস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬂᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• তংস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰽𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀁𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• တံသ် (Burmese script)
• તંસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਤਂਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌂𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦁꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂁𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ತಂಸ್ (Kannada script)
• តំស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຕໍສ຺ (Lao script)
• തംസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᢠᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘽𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᢐᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧞𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑑄𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ତଂସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆁𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖽𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• තංස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑪖𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚫𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• தஂஸ் (Tamil script)
• తంస్ (Telugu script)
• ตํสฺ (Thai script)
• ཏཾ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑓀𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨸𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tens- (“to stretch”). Compare Proto-Germanic *þinsaną (“to stretch”), Lithuanian tę̃sti (“to stretch out, continue, extend”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃s/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɐs̪/

Root

तंस् • (taṃs)

1. to decorate (something or oneself)
2. to "move about", pour out (eg. a wish)
3. to draw to and fro
4. to shake
5. to afflict, be distressed

Derived terms

Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root तंस् not found

Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root तंस् not found

Primary Verbal Forms

• तंसति (taṃsati, Present)
• अततंसतम् (átataṃsatam)
• ततस्रे (tatasré)

Secondary Forms

• तंसयति (taṃsayati)
• तन्तस्यति (tantasyati)

Derived Nominal Forms

• तसर (tásara)
• वितस्ता (vitástā)
• वितस्ति (vítasti)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “तंस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 431/2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “तंस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 59