तनु
Sanskrit
adjective
Definitions
- thin, slender, attenuated, emaciated, small, little, minute, delicate, fine
- (said of a speech or hymn) accomplished (in metre)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *tánuṣ inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tánuš inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (thin).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ténh₂us
Gloss
thin
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- microthin English
- nanothin English
- nonthin English
- overthin English
- quasithin English
- semithin English
- superthin English
- tenuifolious English
- thin English
- thin-crust pizza English
- thincoat English
- thinly English
- thinner English
- thinness English
- thinnet English
- thinnish English
- thinny English
- thinwire English
- ultrathin English
- pertenuis Latin
- tenuifolius Latin
- tenuirostris Latin
- tenuis Latin
- tenuissimus Latin
- tenuitarsis Latin
- tenuitas Latin
- dünn German
- La Tène French
- ténu French
- tenue Spanish, Castilian
- τέτανος Ancient Greek
- ταναός Ancient Greek
- τανηλεγής Ancient Greek
- τανύγλωσσος Ancient Greek
- τανύπεπλος Ancient Greek
- τανύω Ancient Greek
- τετανός Ancient Greek
- *tenh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *tn̥néwti Proto-Indo-European
- *ténh₂us Proto-Indo-European
- *þunnuz Proto-Germanic
- þynne Old English
- thinne Middle English
- tenuistipitatus Old Norse
- *těsnъ Proto-Slavic
- *tьnъkъ Proto-Slavic
- tènue Catalan, Valencian
- tievs Latvian
- tievums Latvian
- dina Ido
- *tanauyos Proto-Celtic
- *tanawyos Proto-Celtic
- *tánuš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *tenwis Proto-Italic
- *tánuṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- teng Northern Kurdish