thana

See also: Thana, ṭhāna, dhana, and þana

English

Alternative forms

• tana, tanna, tannah, thanna, thannah

Etymology

Transliteration of Hindi थाना (thānā), from Sanskrit स्थान (sthāna, “military outpost”). Doublet of Thane.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑː.nə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑ.nə/
• (Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐː.nə/
• (South Asia) IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.na/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə
• Hyphenation: tha‧na
• Homophone: Thaana

Noun

thana (plural thanas)

1. (India) An military outpost.
2. (India, law enforcement) A police station or police jurisdiction.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Howli Thana’, Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 387:

     To this talk the dacoits agreed, and we had no trouble at the Thana, and could eat melons in peace, sitting upon our charpoys all day long.

   • 2015, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Ranjita Biswas, Written in Tears, Harper Perennial, page 70:

     Accompanied by some other young men from the village, he made rounds of the police thana and military base to get a release order.

3. (Bangladesh) A subdistrict in cities, equivalent to upazilas.

Related terms

• thanadar

Further reading

• “thana”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• tanha, Ahtna, tanah, athan, Atnah, Anath, Athan, tahan

Albanian

Noun

thana

1. inflection of thanë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Lower Tanana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θænæ/

Noun

thana

1. (areal noun) around the neck

Usage notes

Appears as dha- or dhan- in some compounds.

Derived terms

• bedhana delgwyi (“surf scoter”)
• dhan ch'enadleyoyi (“semi-palmated plover”)
• -dhatoga' (“beard of a moose”)
• -endhoyet (“noose”)
• that'aɬ (“scarf”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 141

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• thena

Determiner

thana

1. accusative masculine singular of thē

Descendants

• Low German: den

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀣𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• थन (Devanagari script)
• থন (Bengali script)
• ථන (Sinhalese script)
• ထန or ထၼ (Burmese script)
• ถน or ถะนะ (Thai script)
• ᨳᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ຖນ or ຖະນະ (Lao script)
• ថន (Khmer script)
• 𑄗𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit स्तन (stana).

Noun

thana m

1. the breast of a woman

Wajarri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ana/

Pronoun

thana

1. they (third person plural subject pronoun)