"ته" meaning in Persian

See ته in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [tah] [Classical-Persian], [t̪ʰäʱ] [Dari, formal], [t̪ʰäʱ] [Dari, formal], [t̪ʰɑː] [Kabuli], [t̪ʰɔː] (note: Hazaragi), [t̪ʰæʱ] [Iran, formal], [t̪ʰäʱ] [Tajik, formal] Forms: تَه [canonical], tah [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Persian [script needed] (th /⁠tah⁠/), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tews- (“to be empty, drain”), and thus cognate with تهی (tohi, “empty, hollow”), Sanskrit तुच्छ्य (tucchya, “empty, vain”). Compare also Persian تک (tak, “bottom”). Etymology templates: {{der|fa|pal|tr=th|ts=tah}} Middle Persian [script needed] (th /⁠tah⁠/), {{der|fa|ine-pro|*tews-|t=to be empty, drain}} Proto-Indo-European *tews- (“to be empty, drain”), {{cog|sa|तुच्छ्य|t=empty, vain}} Sanskrit तुच्छ्य (tucchya, “empty, vain”), {{cog|fa|تک|t=bottom|tr=tak}} Persian تک (tak, “bottom”) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|||||||f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=تَه|head2=|head3=|tr=tah|tr2=|tr3=}} تَه • (tah), {{fa-noun|head=تَه|tr=tah}} تَه • (tah)
  1. bottom
    Sense id: en-ته-fa-noun-vpt2B-Bw
  2. base
    Sense id: en-ته-fa-noun-yuZiFy~U
  3. stub
    Sense id: en-ته-fa-noun-clxUa5kN Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 92 3
  4. final
    Sense id: en-ته-fa-noun-JENjC0Yg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: از ته دل (az tah-e del) (english: heartily), ته پر (tah-por), ته کشیدن (tah kešidan), تهدیگ (tah-dig) (english: crust of cooked rice), سروته (sar-o-tah) (english: upside down; head and bottom) [literally]
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "heartily",
      "roman": "az tah-e del",
      "word": "از ته دل"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tah-por",
      "word": "ته پر"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tah kešidan",
      "word": "ته کشیدن"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "crust of cooked rice",
      "roman": "tah-dig",
      "word": "تهدیگ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "upside down; head and bottom",
      "roman": "sar-o-tah",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "سروته"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "تہ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "tah"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: تہ (tah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: تہ (tah)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "tr": "th",
        "ts": "tah"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (th /⁠tah⁠/)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*tews-",
        "t": "to be empty, drain"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tews- (“to be empty, drain”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "तुच्छ्य",
        "t": "empty, vain"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit तुच्छ्य (tucchya, “empty, vain”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "تک",
        "t": "bottom",
        "tr": "tak"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian تک (tak, “bottom”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [script needed] (th /⁠tah⁠/), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tews- (“to be empty, drain”), and thus cognate with تهی (tohi, “empty, hollow”), Sanskrit तुच्छ्य (tucchya, “empty, vain”). Compare also Persian تک (tak, “bottom”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "تَه",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tah",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "تَه",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "tah",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "تَه • (tah)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "تَه",
        "tr": "tah"
      },
      "expansion": "تَه • (tah)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "bottom of the sea",
          "roman": "tah-e daryâ",
          "text": "ته دریا"
        },
        {
          "english": "bottom of the well",
          "roman": "tah-e čâh",
          "text": "ته چاه"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bottom"
      ],
      "id": "en-ته-fa-noun-vpt2B-Bw",
      "links": [
        [
          "bottom",
          "bottom"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "base"
      ],
      "id": "en-ته-fa-noun-yuZiFy~U",
      "links": [
        [
          "base",
          "base"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 92 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "cigarette stub",
          "roman": "tah-e sigâr",
          "text": "ته سیگار"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stub"
      ],
      "id": "en-ته-fa-noun-clxUa5kN",
      "links": [
        [
          "stub",
          "stub"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "end of the road",
          "roman": "tah-e xat",
          "text": "ته خط"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "final"
      ],
      "id": "en-ته-fa-noun-JENjC0Yg",
      "links": [
        [
          "final",
          "final"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[tah]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪ʰäʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪ʰäʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪ʰɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪ʰɔː]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪ʰæʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪ʰäʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ته"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for native script for Middle Persian terms"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "heartily",
      "roman": "az tah-e del",
      "word": "از ته دل"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tah-por",
      "word": "ته پر"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tah kešidan",
      "word": "ته کشیدن"
    },
    {
      "english": "crust of cooked rice",
      "roman": "tah-dig",
      "word": "تهدیگ"
    },
    {
      "english": "upside down; head and bottom",
      "roman": "sar-o-tah",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "سروته"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "تہ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "tah"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: تہ (tah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: تہ (tah)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "tr": "th",
        "ts": "tah"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian [script needed] (th /⁠tah⁠/)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*tews-",
        "t": "to be empty, drain"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tews- (“to be empty, drain”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "तुच्छ्य",
        "t": "empty, vain"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit तुच्छ्य (tucchya, “empty, vain”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "تک",
        "t": "bottom",
        "tr": "tak"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian تک (tak, “bottom”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian [script needed] (th /⁠tah⁠/), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tews- (“to be empty, drain”), and thus cognate with تهی (tohi, “empty, hollow”), Sanskrit तुच्छ्य (tucchya, “empty, vain”). Compare also Persian تک (tak, “bottom”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "تَه",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tah",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "تَه",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "tah",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "تَه • (tah)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "تَه",
        "tr": "tah"
      },
      "expansion": "تَه • (tah)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "bottom of the sea",
          "roman": "tah-e daryâ",
          "text": "ته دریا"
        },
        {
          "english": "bottom of the well",
          "roman": "tah-e čâh",
          "text": "ته چاه"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bottom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bottom",
          "bottom"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "base"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "base",
          "base"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "cigarette stub",
          "roman": "tah-e sigâr",
          "text": "ته سیگار"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stub"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stub",
          "stub"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "end of the road",
          "roman": "tah-e xat",
          "text": "ته خط"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "final"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "final",
          "final"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[tah]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪ʰäʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪ʰäʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪ʰɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪ʰɔː]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪ʰæʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪ʰäʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ته"
}

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