තං

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• taṃ (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑀁 (Brahmi script)
• तं (Devanagari script)
• তং (Bengali script)
• တံ (Burmese script)
• ตํ or ตัง (Thai script)
• ᨲᩴ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕໍ or ຕັງ (Lao script)
• តំ (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄁 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Adverb

තං

1. Sinhala script form of taṃ (“there”)
2. Sinhala script form of taṃ (“therefore”)
   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:

     3. අක‍්කොච‍්ඡි මං අවධි මං අජිනි මං අහාසි මෙ
     යෙ තං උපනය‍්හන‍්ති වෙරං තෙසං න සම‍්මති

     3. akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ ajini maṃ ahāsi me
     ye taṃ upanayhanti veraṃ tesaṃ na sammati

     He abused me, he struck me, he defeated me, he robbed me.
     Hatred does not subside for those who nurse grudges thus.

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Pronoun

තං

1. Sinhala script form of taṃ, which is accusative singular of ත (ta, “he, it”)
2. Sinhala script form of taṃ, which is nominative/accusative singular of ත (ta, “it”)
3. Sinhala script form of taṃ, which is accusative singular of තා (tā, “she, it”)

Adjective

තං

1. Sinhala script form of taṃ, which is accusative singular masculine/feminine of ත (ta, “that”)
2. Sinhala script form of taṃ, which is nominative/accusative singular neuter of ත (ta, “that”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

තං

1. Sinhala script form of taṃ, which is accusative singular of ත්‍වං (tvaṃ, “you”)