تریا

Punjabi

Pronunciation 1

  • (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /t̪ɾeː.äː/, [ˈt̪ɾeː.jäː], [ˈt̪ə̆.ɾeː.jäː]
  • Rhymes: -äː
  • Hyphenation: تْر‧یا

Etymology

    Derived from Sanskrit स्त्री (strī), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stríH.

    Noun

    تْریا • (treyāf (Gurmukhi spelling ਤ੍ਰਿਆ or ਤਿਰਿਆ)

    1. a woman; female
      Synonyms: زَنانی (zanānī), عَورَت (ʻaurat)
    Declension
    Declension of تریا
    singular plural
    direct تْریا (treyā) تْریاواں (treyāvāṉ)
    oblique تْریا (treyā) تْریاواں (treyāvāṉ)
    vocative تْریائے (treyā'e) تْریاؤ (treyā'o)
    ablative تْریاؤں (treyā'oṉ) تْریاواں (treyāvāṉ)
    locative تْریاوائِیں (treyāvā'īṉ)
    instrumental

    Pronunciation 2

    Etymology

    Western Panjabi numbers (edit)
    30[a], [b]
     ←  2 ۳
    3
    4  → 
        Cardinal: تِنّ (tinn), تْرَے (trai)
        Ordinal: تِیجا (tījā), تْرِیّا
        Adverbial: تِہرا (tihrā)
        Multiplier: تِگُݨا (tiguṇā), تِنّ گُݨا (tinn guṇā), تْرَے گُݨا (trai guṇā)
        Collective: تِنّاں (tinnāṉ)
        Fractional: تِہائی (tihā'ī), تْرِہائی (trihā'ī)

    Inherited from Sanskrit तृतीय (tṛtīya) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

    Adjective

    تَرِیّا • (tariyyā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਰੀਯਾ)

    1. (Western, dialectal Majhi) alternative form of تِیجا (tījā, third)

    Further reading

    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تِریا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
    • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “تریا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
    • ਤਿਰਿਆ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “strīˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press