तब तक tab tak

H تب तब tab [Prk. तेम्व or तेंव; S. तावत्], adv. & conj. Then, at that time; afterwards; thereupon; therefore, hence: — tab-bhī, adv. Even then, then too; still, nevertheless, notwithstanding that: — tab-tak, tab-talak, adv. Till then, up to that time; so long, so far: — tab-to, adv. Then indeed, then forsooth, then; whence, wherefore: — tab-toṛī, tab-taʼīṅ, adv. = tab-tak, q.v.: — tab-se, adv. From that time forward, since that time; thence, thenceforward: — tab-kā, adj. Of or belonging to that time: — tab-lag, tab-loṅ, adv. = tab-tak, q.v.: — tab-hī, tab-hīṅ, tab-hūṅ, adv. (emphat. of tab), At that very time, just then; there and then, instantly; then indeed; therefore, for that same reason: — tab-hī-tak, adv. Only so long, just so long: — tab-hī to, adv. Then indeed; for that reason then: — tab-hī-se, adv. emphat. of tab-se, q.v.

H تك तक tak [S. दघ्न; or perhaps a contrac. of tā+lag; cf. talak], postpn. To, toward, up to, near to, even to, as far as, so much as, to the extent (of), including, with; — till, until, as long as, while, during, for.