तथा

See also: तिथे and तिथि

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तथा (tathā).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪ə.t̪ʰɑː/, [t̪ɐ.t̪ʰäː]

Conjunction

तथा • (tathā)

  1. (literary) and
    Synonym: और (aur)

Adverb

तथा • (tathā)

  1. in the same way as

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तथा (tathā).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

तथा • (tathā)

  1. (literary) and
    Synonym: र (ra)

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • tathā (Latin script)
  • 𑀢𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • তথা (Bengali script)
  • තථා (Sinhalese script)
  • တထာ or တထႃ (Burmese script)
  • ตถา or ตะถา (Thai script)
  • ᨲᨳᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຕຖາ or ຕະຖາ (Lao script)
  • តថា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄖𑄗𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adverb

तथा (tathā)

  1. Devanagari script form of tathā (“in that way”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • তথা (Assamese script)
  • ᬢᬣᬵ (Balinese script)
  • তথা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰝𑰞𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀢𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • တထာ (Burmese script)
  • તથા (Gujarati script)
  • ਤਥਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌤𑌥𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ꦠꦡꦴ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂞𑂟𑂰 (Kaithi script)
  • ತಥಾ (Kannada script)
  • តថា (Khmer script)
  • ຕຖາ (Lao script)
  • തഥാ (Malayalam script)
  • ᢠᠠᡨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘝𑘞𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᢐᠠᠲᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦽𑦾𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐟𑐠𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ତଥା (Odia script)
  • ꢡꢢꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆠𑆡𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖝𑖞𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • තථා (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩫𑩬𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚙𑚚𑚭 (Takri script)
  • தத²ா (Tamil script)
  • తథా (Telugu script)
  • ตถา (Thai script)
  • ཏ་ཐཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒞𑒟𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨙𑨚𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From तद् (tad, “that”). For the suffix, compare यथा (yathā) from यद् (yad).

Pronunciation

Adverb

तथा • (táthā)

  1. in such a way, so, thus
  2. also, as well
  3. certainly, surely

Interjection

तथा • (táthā)

  1. yes, so shall it be

Usage notes

When used as an interjection it is generally followed by इति (iti).

Descendants
  • Pali: tathā
  • →Tatsama:

References
  • Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “तथा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
  • “तथा” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 195.
  • Monier Williams (1899) “तथा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 433, column 3.
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