परं तु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

পৰং তু (Assamese script)
ᬧᬭᬂᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
পরং তু (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰨𑰽𑱃𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀭𑀁 𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ပရံ တု (Burmese script)
પરં તુ (Gujarati script)
ਪਰਂ ਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦫꦁꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂩𑂁 𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಪರಂ ತು (Kannada script)
បរំ តុ (Khmer script)
ປຣໍ ຕຸ (Lao script)
പരം തു (Malayalam script)
ᢒᠠᢀ᠋ᡵᠠ
ᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘨𑘽 𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
ᢒᠠᢀ᠋ᠷᠠ᠋
ᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧈𑧞 𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐬𑑄 𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
ପରଂ ତୁ (Odia script)
ꢦꢬꢀ ꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆫𑆁 𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖨𑖽 𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
පරං තු (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩼𑪖 𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚤𑚫 𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
பரஂ து (Tamil script)
పరం తు (Telugu script)
ปรํ ตุ (Thai script)
པ་རཾ་ཏུ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒩𑓀 𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨫𑨸 𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

पर (para, “other, opposite”) +‎ तु (tu, “meaningless expletive marker”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐn tu/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.ɾɐn̪ t̪u/

Adverb

परं तु • (paraṃ tu)

though, still not

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀧𑀭𑀁𑀢𑀼 (paraṃtu)

→Tatsama:

Bengali: পরন্তু (porontu)
Gujarati: પરંતુ (parantu)
Hindi: परंतु (parantu)
Marathi: परंतु (parantu)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “परं तु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 449/3.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “paraṁ tu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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