tantra

Etymology

From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo-, from *ten-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʌntɹə/, /ˈtɑːntɹə/, /ˈtæntɹə/
• Hyphenation: tan‧tra

Noun

tantra (plural tantras)

1. A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.

Anagrams

• Rattan, Tartan, Tatran, rattan, tartan

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑn.traː/

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• Hyphenation: tan‧tra
• Rhymes: -ɑntraː

Noun

tantra m (plural tantra's)

1. (Buddhism, Hinduism, countable) tantra (esoterical text)
2. (Buddhism, Hinduism, uncountable, chiefly in non-specialist usage) tantrism

   Synonym: tantrisme

Etymology

From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑntrɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝n̪.t̪rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑntrɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): tant‧ra

Noun

tantra

1. tantra

Further reading

• “tantra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo-/*tn̥-tlo-, from the root *ten-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtan.tra/
• Rhymes: -antra
• Hyphenation: tàn‧tra

Noun

tantra m (invariable)

1. tantra

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra). Doublet of tantri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tan.tra/
• Rhymes: -tra
• Hyphenation: tan‧tra

Noun

tantra

1. doctrine
2. illustrative stories
3. line, lineage;
4. ancestor

Further reading

• "tantra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *tántram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tántram, from Proto-Indo-European *téntlom, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtan.tra/
• Rhymes: -antra
• Syllabification: tan‧tra

Noun

tantra f

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) tantra (Hindu or Buddhist religious text)

Further reading

• tantra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Noun

tantra f (Cyrillic spelling тантра)

1. tantra

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtantɾa/ [ˈt̪ãn̪.t̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -antɾa
• Syllabification: tan‧tra

Noun

tantra m (plural tantras)

1. tantra

Further reading

• “tantra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10