taṃ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tam"

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀢𑀁 (Brahmi script)
• तं (Devanagari script)
• তং (Bengali script)
• තං (Sinhalese script)
• တံ (Burmese script)
• ตํ or ตัง (Thai script)
• ᨲᩴ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕໍ or ຕັງ (Lao script)
• តំ (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄁 (Chakma script)

Adverb

taṃ

1. there
2. therefore
   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:

     3. අක‍්කොච‍්ඡි මං අවධි මං අජිනි මං අහාසි මෙ
     යෙ තං උපනය‍්හන‍්ති වෙරං තෙසං න සම‍්මති

     3. akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ ajini maṃ ahāsi me
     ye taṃ upanayhanti veraṃ tesaṃ na sammati

     He abused me, he struck me, he defeated me, he robbed me.
     Hatred does not subside for those who nurse grudges thus.

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Adjective

taṃ

1. (demonstrative) masculine/feminine accusative singular of ta (“that”)
2. (demonstrative) neuter nominative/accusative singular of ta (“that”)

Pronoun

taṃ

1. (demonstrative) accusative singular of ta (“it, that, him”)
2. (demonstrative) accusative singular of tā (“her”)

Derived terms

• taṃyathā (“as follows”)

Pronoun

taṃ

1. (personal) accusative singular of tvaṃ (“you”)