तञ्च्
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Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- তঞ্চ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬢᬜ᭄ᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
- তঞ্চ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀜𑁆𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- တဉ္စ် (Burmese script)
- તઞ્ચ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਤਞ੍ਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌤𑌞𑍍𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦠꦚ꧀ꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂞𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ತಞ್ಚ್ (Kannada script)
- តញ្ច៑ (Khmer script)
- ຕຎ຺ຈ຺ (Lao script)
- തഞ്ച് (Malayalam script)
- ᢠᠠᠨᡳᠶᢜ (Manchu script)
- 𑘝𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢐᠠᡛᢋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦽𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐘𑑂𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
- ତଞ୍ଚ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢡꢛ꣄ꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆚𑇀𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
- තඤ්ච් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩫𑩥 𑪙𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚙𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
- தஞ்ச் (Tamil script)
- తఞ్చ్ (Telugu script)
- ตญฺจฺ (Thai script)
- ཏ་ཉྩ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒘𑓂𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨙𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to pull together, coagulate, solidify, compact”). Cognate with Persian تنجیدن (tanjidan, “to squeeze, twist”), Old Armenian թանձր (tʻanjr, “thick, dense”), English tight, Old Norse þéttr (“close, thick”), Old Irish técht (“solidified”), Lithuanian tánkus (“thick, dense”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Root
[edit]तञ्च् • (tañc)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “तञ्च्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 432/1.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 60
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 614-5
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 377-8