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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for तम

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. तमtamaA Taddhita affix of the superlative degree applied to nouns, adjectives and also to verbs and indeclinables in…

    A Taddhita affix of the superlative degree applied to nouns, adjectives and also to verbs and indeclinables in which latter case it is changed to तमाम्; अश्वdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Pt.5. 'the best horse'; सुहृत्तम Mu.I; so पचतितमाम्. It is also added to pronouns in the sense of 'one of many' Exempli gratia, for example कतम, यतम, ततम etc.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. तमtamain comp. for ˚मस् .
    1. in compound for that the rest of a word is to be suppliedमस् .
    2. (in compound)
    3. masculine gender (Pa1n2. 7-3, 34 Ka1s3.) Equivalent to तमस् ("the ascending node" VarBr2. [?] Jyot.) Lexicographers Scholiast or Commentator
    4. masculine gender (Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedमाल) Xanthochymus pictorius Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedमका Lexicographers
    6. neuter gender (Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedमस्) darkness Lexicographers
    7. neuter gender the point of the foot Lexicographers
    8. neuter gender Xanthochymus pictorius Lexicographers
    9. an affix forming the superlative degree degree of adjectives and rarely of substantives (क्/अण्व-, etc.) Sus3r. i, 20, 11
    10. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective most desired Kir., ii, 14
    11. (आम्), added (in older language) to adverbs and (in later language) to verbs, intensifying their meaning
    12. indeclinable in a high degree, much Naish. viii.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. तमtama[tama] a. (spv. suffix) most wished for.

    [tama] adjective (superlative suffix) most wished for.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · तम

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