different between paint vs thangka

English

Etymology

From Middle English peynten, from Old French peintier, paincter, itself from paint, the past participle of paindre, from Latin ping? (“to paint”) (perfect passive participle pictus). Displaced native Old English t?afor (“paint”) and *t?efran (“to paint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe?nt/
• Rhymes: -e?nt

Noun

paint (countable and uncountable, plural paints)

1. A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
2. (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
3. (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.

   The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.
4. (uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.

   I am running low on paint for my marker.

5. (poker, slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack).
6. (computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
7. (uncountable) Makeup.
8. (uncountable, slang) Tattoo work.

   Synonym: ink

9. (dated) Any substance fixed with latex to harden it.
10. The appearance of an object on a radar screen.
    • 1973, International Conference on Radar--Present and Future, 23-25 October, 1973 (page 203)

      Smaller target paints would also be preferred to those displayed on the existing DFTI.

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References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN

Verb

paint (third-person singular simple present paints, present participle painting, simple past and past participle painted)

1. (transitive) To apply paint to.
2. (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
3. (transitive, medicine) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
4. (transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
   • c. 1590s, William Shakespeare, Spring (poem)

     Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight.

5. (transitive) To create (an image) with paints.

   to paint a portrait or a landscape

6. (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.

   I've been painting since I was a young child.

7. (transitive, graphical user interface) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
8. (transitive, figuratively) To depict or portray.
9. (intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
10. (transitive, military, slang) To direct a radar beam toward.

Derived terms

Related terms

• picture

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Further reading

• paint in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• paint in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• paint at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Atnip, NAITP, inapt, inpat, nip at, patin, pinta, tap in, tap-in

Catalan

Verb

paint

1. present participle of pair

English

Alternative forms

• tangka (less common)

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan ???? (thang ka).

Noun

thangka (plural thangkas)

1. A painted or embroidered linen banner, usually depicting Buddhist themes, originating in Tibet.
   • Thangka is an of painting unique to Tibtan Buddhism. It is usually done on linen. or on coarse wool cloth, and sometimes on silk for precious ones. The base of the painting is prepared using a paste of animal glue and fine lime. After the paste dries, carbon and paints using natural mineral and plant colors, such as yellow, mineral green, azurite and cinnabar, are applied. All the colors are mixed with animal glue and ox bile to keep them bright. The subjects of most Thanka paintings are religious, but sometimes folklore themes intrude. [1]
   • A thangka is a complicated, composite three-dimensional object consisting of: a picture panel which is painted or embroidered, a textile mounting; and one or more of the following: a silk cover, leather corners, wooden dowels at the top and bottom and metal or wooden decorative knobs on the bottom dowel. [2]
   • Tangka is a kind of scroll painting mounted on silk. It has distinctive ethnic features and a strong religious flavor. Its unique artistic style is highly prized by the Tibetan people. The origin of tangka can be traced back to the early Tubo Kingdom. During the 7th century…[3]

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Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Tibetan ???? (thang ka).

Noun

thangka

1. thangka

Declension