tantra

== English == === Etymology === From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo- / *tn̥-tlo-, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”) with the suffix *-tlom denoting instruments. Doublet of tar (“string instrument”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʌntɹə/, /ˈtɑːntɹə/, /ˈtæntɹə/ Hyphenation: tan‧tra === Noun === tantra (plural tantras) A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Rattan, Tartan, Tatran, rattan, tartan == Dutch == === 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/ Hyphenation: tan‧tra Rhymes: -ɑntraː === Noun === tantra m (plural tantra's, no diminutive) (Buddhism, Hinduism, countable) tantra (esoterical text) (Buddhism, Hinduism, uncountable, chiefly in non-specialist usage) tantrism Synonym: tantrisme ==== Derived terms ==== tantrika tantrisch tantrisme == Finnish == === Etymology === From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɑntrɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝n̪.t̪rɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑntrɑ Syllabification(key): tant‧ra Hyphenation(key): tant‧ra === Noun === tantra tantra ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “tantra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == Italian == === 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) tantra ==== Derived terms ==== tantrico tantrismo == Old Javanese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra). Doublet of tantri. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tan.tra/ Rhymes: -tra Hyphenation: tan‧tra === Noun === tantra doctrine illustrative stories line, lineage; ancestor ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === "tantra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. == Polish == === 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 (Hinduism, Buddhism) tantra (Hindu or Buddhist religious text) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === tantra in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === tȁntra f (Cyrillic spelling та̏нтра, genitive plural tȃntrā or tȃntrī) tantra == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtantɾa/ [ˈt̪ãn̪.t̪ɾa] Rhymes: -antɾa Syllabification: tan‧tra === Noun === tantra m (plural tantras) tantra ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tantra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025