ताँत تانت ♣ Eng. thin, tendon

ताँत تانت ♣ Eng. thin, tendon

[tā̃t], f. a sinew, string, gut.

[◀MIA: Pk. taṁtī̆- f. ‘string, leather thong’; Pa. tanti- f. ‘string, leather thong’ ◀OIA tantí- f. ‘cord, string’ RV. <√tan ‘stretch’ ◀PIE *ten-, tend- ‘to extend, stretch, span’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. thin ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. tendon, tone, tender, tent, tense, extend ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0307; (Turner, 1966) 5660, p.321; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 296; (MW, 1899) 0435; (Pokorny, 1959) 1065; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.618