تراویح

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic تَرَاوِيحْ (tarāwīḥ), plural of تَرْوِيحَة (tarwīḥa, relief, rest for breathing).

Noun

تراویح • (terāviḥ)

  1. A special prayer performed every night of Ramadan after the Night prayer.

Descendants

  • Turkish: teravih

References

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تراویح (tarāwīh), from Arabic تَرَاوِيحْ (tarāwīḥ).

Pronunciation

Noun

تَراوِیح • (tarāvīḥf (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਰਾਵੀਹ)

  1. (Islam) tarawih

References

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تَراوِیح”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تراویح (tarāwīh), from Arabic تَرَاوِيحْ (tarāwīḥ).

Pronunciation

Noun

تَراوِیح • (tarāvīhf (Hindi spelling तरावीह)

  1. (Islam) tarawih, taraweeh

References

  • تراویح”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • تراویح”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.