ته

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

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronoun

تِهِ • (tihī, tihi)

feminine singular of ذَا (ḏā)

Derived terms

هَاتِهِ (hātihi)

Etymology 2

Verb

ته (form I)

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

Mazanderani

Determiner

ته (te)

your

Ormuri

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *túH, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Compare Avestan 𐬙𐬏𐬨 (tūm), Persian (to), Northern Kurdish tu.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronoun

ته (tū)

you (singular)

References

^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎^[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 164
^ Grierson, George Abraham (1921) [2] Linguistic Survey of India (Volume 10)), Superintendent Government Printing, Calcutta, pages 123-325
^ Morgenstierne, Georg (1929) Indo-Iranian frontier languages vol.1, H. Aschehoug, Oslo, page 348

Pashto

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Postposition

ته • (ta)

to

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

تۀ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tə/

Pronoun

ته • (të)

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 (tohi, “empty, hollow”), Sanskrit तुच्छ्य (tucchya, “empty, vain”).^[1]^[2] Compare also Persian (tak, “bottom”).

Pronunciation

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

(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)

bottom
― tah-e daryâ ― bottom of the sea

― tah-e čâh ― bottom of the well
base
stub
― tah-e sigâr ― cigarette stub
final
― 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)

References

^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 478
^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 388-9

[1] Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎^[1], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 164

[2] Grierson, George Abraham (1921) [2] Linguistic Survey of India (Volume 10)), Superintendent Government Printing, Calcutta, pages 123-325

[3] Morgenstierne, Georg (1929) Indo-Iranian frontier languages vol.1, H. Aschehoug, Oslo, page 348

[4] Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 478

[5] Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 388-9

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