परं तु
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Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- পৰং তু (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬭᬂᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
- পরং তু (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰨𑰽𑱃𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀭𑀁 𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ပရံ တု (Burmese script)
- પરં તુ (Gujarati script)
- ਪਰਂ ਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦫꦁꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂩𑂁 𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಪರಂ ತು (Kannada script)
- បរំ តុ (Khmer script)
- ປຣໍ ຕຸ (Lao script)
- പരം തു (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠᢀ᠋ᡵᠠ
ᢠᡠ (Manchu script) - 𑘢𑘨𑘽 𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᢀ᠋ᠷᠠ᠋
ᢐᠤ (Mongolian script) - 𑧂𑧈𑧞 𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐬𑑄 𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
- ପରଂ ତୁ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢬꢀ ꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆫𑆁 𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖨𑖽 𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
- පරං තු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩼𑪖 𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚤𑚫 𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
- பரஂ து (Tamil script)
- పరం తు (Telugu script)
- ปรํ ตุ (Thai script)
- པ་རཾ་ཏུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒩𑓀 𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨫𑨸 𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]पर (para, “other, opposite”) + तु (tu, “meaningless expletive marker”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Prakrit: 𑀧𑀭𑀁𑀢𑀼 (paraṃtu)
- → Bengali: পরন্তু (porontu) (learned)
- → Gujarati: પરંતુ (parantu) (learned)
- → Hindi: परंतु (parantu) (learned)
- → Marathi: परंतु (parantu) (learned)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “परं तु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 449/3.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “paraṁ tu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press