Where does “Tanarupi” come from?

Tanarupi (English) comes from Sanskrit तान, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tā́nas, from Proto-Indo-European tónos, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

Tanarupi (English): Name of a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the sixth melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music

Definitions

  1. Name of a rāgam in Carnatic music. It is the sixth melakarta rāgam in the 72 melakarta rāgam system of Carnatic music

Ancestry of “Tanarupi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritतानfibre; tone; monotonous tone
2Proto-Indo-Iraniantā́nas—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantónossomething stretched; chord, fiber, string
4Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tónos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tā́nas →