تن

See also: بن‎, ثن‎, and پ.ن‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tunn/

Noun

تُنّ • (tunn) m

  1. tuna

Declension
Declension of noun تُنّ‎ (tunn)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal تُنّ‎
tunn		 التُّنّ‎
at-tunn		 تُنّ‎
tunn
Nominative تُنٌّ‎
tunnun		 التُّنُّ‎
at-tunnu		 تُنُّ‎
tunnu
Accusative تُنًّا‎
tunnan		 التُّنَّ‎
at-tunna		 تُنَّ‎
tunna
Genitive تُنٍّ‎
tunnin		 التُّنِّ‎
at-tunni		 تُنِّ‎
tunni

Persian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian tn' (tan), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎵𐎢𐏁 (tanūš), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *tenuh₂- (“body”).

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Classical reading? tan
Dari reading? tan
Iranian reading? tan
Tajik reading? tan

Noun
Dari تن‎
Iranian Persian
Tajik тан

تن • (tan)

  1. body
  2. person
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Bashkir: тән (tən)
  • → Kazakh: тән (tän)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: تن‎ (ten)
  • → Uyghur: تەن‎‎ (ten‎)
  • → Uzbek: tan

Etymology 2

From French tonne (in Iran) or from English ton (in Dari).

Pronunciation
 

Readings
Dari reading? tan
Iranian reading? ton

Noun
Dari تن‎
Iranian Persian
Tajik тонна

تن • (ton or tan)

  1. a tonne / metric ton

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑀡𑀽 (taṇū), from Sanskrit तनू (tanū́), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tanúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *tenúh₂s, from *tenuh₂- (“body”).

Pronunciation

Noun

تَن • (tan) m (Hindi spelling तन)

  1. body
  2. straw
  3. trunk

Synonyms

References
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “تن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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