ته

See also: بہٕ, به, په, پہ, تۀ, تہٕ, and تھ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronoun

تِهِ • (tihī, tihi)

1. feminine singular of ذَا (ḏā)

Derived terms

• هَاتِهِ (hātihi)

Etymology 2

Verb

ته (form I)

1. تُهْ (tuh) /tuh/: second-person masculine singular imperative of تَاهَ (tāha)
2. تِهْ (tih) /tih/: second-person masculine singular imperative of تَاهَ (tāha)

Mazanderani

Determiner

ته (te)

1. your

Ormuri

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *túH, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Compare Avestan 𐬙𐬏𐬨 (tūm), Persian تو (to), Northern Kurdish tu.

Pronoun

ته (tū)

1. you (singular)

Pashto

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/

Postposition

ته • (ta)

1. to

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *túH, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Compare Avestan 𐬙𐬏𐬨 (tūm), Persian تو (to), Northern Kurdish tu.

Alternative forms

• تۀ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə/

Pronoun

ته • (të)

1. you (singular)

Persian

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tah]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	tah
Dari reading?	tah
Iranian reading?	tah
Tajik reading?	tah

Noun

تَه • (tah)

1. bottom

   ته دریا ― tah-e daryâ ― bottom of the sea

   ته چاه ― tah-e čâh ― bottom of the well

2. base
3. stub

   ته سیگار ― tah-e sigâr ― cigarette stub

4. final

   ته خط ― tah-e xat ― end of the road

Derived terms

• از ته دل (az tah-e del, “heartily”)
• ته پر (tah-por)
• ته کشیدن (tah kešidan)
• ته‌دیگ (tah-dig, “crust of cooked rice”)
• سروته (sar-o-tah, “upside down”, literally “head and bottom”)

 

Descendants

• → Urdu: تہ (tah)