तथा

See also: तिथे and तिथि

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तथा (tathā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.t̪ʰɑː/, [t̪ɐ.t̪ʰäː]

Conjunction

तथा • (tathā)

1. (literary) and

   Synonym: और (aur)

Related terms

• तथापि (tathāpi, “still, nevertheless”)

Adverb

तथा • (tathā)

1. in the same way as

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तथा (tathā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪ʌt̪ʰä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: तथा

Conjunction

तथा • (tathā)

1. (literary) and

   Synonym: र (ra)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• tathā (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• তথা (Bengali script)
• තථා (Sinhalese script)
• တထာ or တထႃ (Burmese script)
• ตถา or ตะถา (Thai script)
• ᨲᨳᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕຖາ or ຕະຖາ (Lao script)
• តថា (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄗𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adverb

तथा (tathā)

1. Devanagari script form of tathā (“in that way”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তথা (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬣᬵ (Balinese script)
• তথা (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰞𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• တထာ (Burmese script)
• તથા (Gujarati script)
• ਤਥਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌥𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦡꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂟𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ತಥಾ (Kannada script)
• តថា (Khmer script)
• ຕຖາ (Lao script)
• തഥാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᡨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘞𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᠲᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑦾𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐠𑐵 (Newa script)
• ତଥା (Odia script)
• ꢡꢢꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆡𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖞𑖯 (Siddham script)
• තථා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩬𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚚𑚭 (Takri script)
• தத²ா (Tamil script)
• తథా (Telugu script)
• ตถา (Thai script)
• ཏ་ཐཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒟𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨚𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From तद् (tád, “that”). For the suffix, compare यथा (yáthā) from यद् (yád).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ́.tʰɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɐ.t̪ʰɑː/

Adverb

तथा • (táthā)

1. in such a way, so, thus
2. also, as well
3. certainly, surely

Derived terms

• तथाता (tathātā)
• तथात्व (tathātva)

Descendants

• Pali: tathā
• → Assamese: তথা (totha) (learned)
• → Gujarati: તથા (tathā) (learned)
• → Hindi: तथा (tathā) (learned)
• → Malayalam: തഥാ (tathā) (learned)
• → Marathi: तथा (tathā) (learned)
• → Nepali: तथा (tathā) (learned)
• → Telugu: తథా (tathā) (learned)

Interjection

तथा • (táthā)

1. yes, so shall it be

Usage notes

When used as an interjection it is generally followed by इति (íti).

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “तथा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• “तथा” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 195.
• Monier Williams (1899) “तथा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 433, column 3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tathā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press