तनु

Etymology 1
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬).

Adjective

 * 1) thin, slender, attenuated, emaciated, small, little, minute, delicate, fine
 * 2) (said of a speech or hymn) accomplished (in metre)

Etymology 2
Variant of, from.

Noun

 * 1) body, person, self
 * — having an ugly body
 * — loving the body, loving life
 * 1) (at the end of a compound) the body, person, self
 * — one's own person
 * — this my self. i.e. I myself here
 * tanuṃ-√tyaj or tanuṃ-√hā — to give up one's life
 * 1) form or manifestation
 * 2) skin
 * 3)  a metre of 4 24 syllables
 * 1)  a metre of 4 24 syllables
 * 1)  a metre of 4 24 syllables
 * 1)  a metre of 4 24 syllables

Descendants

 * Dardic:
 * Eastern:
 * Northern:
 * Central Pahari:
 * Southern:
 * Northern:
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 * Southern:
 * Central Pahari:
 * Southern:
 * Southern:
 * Southern:

Borrowed terms
 * Hindustani: tanu, tan

Proper noun

 * 1) name of a rishi with a very emaciated body
 * 2) name of a wife of Krishna