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語源

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

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːnə/
• 韻: -ɑːnə

名詞

thana (複数形 thanas)

1. An Indian military outpost.
2. (India) A police station, or a 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.

関連する語

• thanadar

アナグラム

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