As a Hindi name
तानना · verb
स॰ [सं॰ तान (= विस्तार)] · किसी वस्तु को उसकी पूरी लंबाई या चौड़ाई तक बढ़ाकर ले जाना । फैलाने के लिये जोर से खींचना । किसी वस्तु को जहाँ की तहाँ रखकर उसके किसी छोर, कोने या अंश को जहाँ तक हो सके, बलपूर्वक आगे बढ़ाना । जैसे, रस्सी तानना · किसी सिमटी या लिपटी हुई वस्तु को खींचकर फैलाना । बलपूर्वक विस्तीर्ण करना । जोर से बढ़ाकर पसारना । जैसे, पाल तानना, छाता तानना, चद्दर तानकर सोना, कपडे़ को तानकर झौन मिटाना — Śabdasāgara
तानना · tānnā · v.t.
To extend, stretch, expand; to pull, pull over (as a sheet, &c.); to tighten; to contract — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 307
तानना
to stretch, expand, elongate; to tighten, clench, draw
तानना
to rest, sleep
Cited formation "तानना" is तान + -ना: तान means "taan: a kind of singing technique", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit तानयति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Hindi verb set तनना (tannā) तानना (tānnā) Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀢𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀤𑀺 (*tāṇedi), from Sanskrit तानयति (tānáyati, “to extend”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tānáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *tonéyeti. Cognate with Gujarati તાણવું (tāṇvũ), Marathi ताणणे (tāṇṇe), Sindhi…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit तन्यते — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀢𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀤𑀺 (*taṇṇadi), from Sanskrit तन्यते (tanyate, “to be extended”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
To extend, stretch, expand — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
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