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From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra, “warp thread”). Doublet of ਤੰਤਰ (tantar), a learned borrowing.
ਤਾਂਤ • (tānt) m
- catgut, string (of musical instruments)
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਤਾਂਤ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.