तनहा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تنها (tanhā), from Middle Persian tn'yhʾ (tanīhā).

Adjective

तनहा • (tanhā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling تنہا)

1. alone, solitary, isolated

   तनहा सफ़र पे मैं चला।

   tanhā safar pe ma͠i calā.

   I went on a journey alone. (poetic)

2. single, individual

Derived terms

• तनहाई (tanhāī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तनहा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 436