See तन्तु in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"instrumental",
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"genitive",
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"a succession of sacrificial performances"
],
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"succession",
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]
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"any one propagating his family in regular succession"
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],
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"a line of descendants"
],
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"line",
"line"
],
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"descendants",
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]
]
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"any continuity (as of thirst or hope)"
],
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"continuity",
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"glosses": [
"name of a सामन् (sāman)"
],
"id": "en-तन्तु-sa-noun-NF7L4M1p",
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[
"सामन्",
"सामन्#Sanskrit"
]
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"ipa": "/tɐ́n.tu/",
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"ipa": "/t̪ɐn̪.t̪u/",
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"name": "desctree"
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],
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},
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"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "तन्तून्",
"roman": "tántūn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "तन्तुना",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "तन्त्वा1",
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"instrumental",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "तन्तुभ्याम्",
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"instrumental",
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"singular"
]
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"dual"
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{
"form": "तन्तुभ्यः",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "तन्तोः",
"roman": "tántoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "तन्तुभ्याम्",
"roman": "tántubhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "तन्तुभ्यः",
"roman": "tántubhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "तन्तोः",
"roman": "tántoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "तन्त्वोः",
"roman": "tántvoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "तन्तूनाम्",
"roman": "tántūnām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "तन्तौ",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "तन्त्वोः",
"roman": "tántvoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "तन्तुषु",
"roman": "tántuṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"tr": "tántu"
},
"expansion": "तन्तु • (tántu) stem, m",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tántu"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"roman": "kāṣṭha-",
"word": "काष्ठ"
},
{
"roman": "vara-",
"word": "वर"
},
{
"roman": "saptá-",
"word": "सप्त"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"thread, cord, string, line, wire, warp (of a web), filament, fibre"
],
"links": [
[
"thread",
"thread"
],
[
"cord",
"cord"
],
[
"string",
"string"
],
[
"line",
"line"
],
[
"wire",
"wire"
],
[
"warp",
"warp"
],
[
"filament",
"filament"
],
[
"fibre",
"fibre"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"cobweb"
],
"links": [
[
"cobweb",
"cobweb"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a succession of sacrificial performances"
],
"links": [
[
"succession",
"succession"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"any one propagating his family in regular succession"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a line of descendants"
],
"links": [
[
"line",
"line"
],
[
"descendants",
"descendants"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"any continuity (as of thirst or hope)"
],
"links": [
[
"continuity",
"continuity"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"name of a सामन् (sāman)"
],
"links": [
[
"सामन्",
"सामन्#Sanskrit"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
],
"glosses": [
"= नाग (-nāga)"
],
"links": [
[
"नाग",
"नाग#Sanskrit"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/tɐ́n.tu/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t̪ɐn̪.t̪u/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "तन्तु"
}
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