ताँता تانتا ♣ Eng. thin, tendon

ताँता تانتا ♣ Eng. thin, tendon

[tā̃tā], m. a series, successive flow, chain, line.

[◀MIA: Pk. taṁtu- m. ‘thread, cord’; Pa. tantu- m. ‘thread, cord’ ◀OIA tántu- m. ‘thread, warp’ 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) 5661, p.321; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 296; (MW, 1899) 0436, 0435; (Pokorny, 1959) 1065; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.622, 1.618