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tāni

ta

nt nom pl of ta (pron); nt acc pl of ta (pron)

1. ta (pron): that
2. tāni (pron): they; those; those things
3. tāni (pron): they; those; those things

Built from

• t- — root · that, it
  Demonstrative root cognate with Sanskrit tat-, Greek to-, Latin ist-. The concrete image is pointing or singling out one thing from others.
• -āni — ending · nominative and accusative plural neuter
  The -āni ending marks plural neuter in the nominative and accusative cases, distinguishing this form from the singular ta (neuter nominative/accusative singular).

Etymology. From the demonstrative root *to-/*ta-, found across Indo-European: Sanskrit tat (neuter), Greek to (τό, neuter article), Latin istud, English that. The stem ta- is the oblique base of the neuter demonstrative series (masculine so/sa, feminine sā, neuter ta/tat in Sanskrit; in Pali, masculine and feminine collapse into so/sā, neuter ta).

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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