Tuesday, January 6, 2009

तानना تاننا ♣ Eng. thin, tendon

तानना تاننا ♣ Eng. thin, tendon

[tānnā], v.t. to stretch, expand.

[◀MIA: Pk. tāṇia- ‘stretched’ ◀OIA tānáyati ‘makes stretch’ Dhātup. <√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) 5762, p.321; (MW, 1899) 0435; (Pokorny, 1959) 1065; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.618

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