तिराहा
Hindi
Etymology
Dvigu compound of ति- (ti-, “three”, combining form) + राह (rāh, “path, way”) + -आ (-ā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪ɪ.ɾɑː.ɦɑː/, [t̪ɪ.ɾäː.ɦäː]
Noun
तिराहा • (tirāhā) m (Urdu spelling تِراہا)
- Y-junction
- 2005, Mudrarakshas, 10 प्रतिनिधि कहानियाँ[1], Kitabghar Prakashan, →ISBN, page 104:
- गली में जिस तरफ से वे प्रवेश करते थे, उधर एक तिराहा था और उस तिराहे से हटकर पाँच गलियों का एक छोटा-सा चौक था।
- galī mẽ jis taraph se ve praveś karte the, udhar ek tirāhā thā aur us tirāhe se haṭkar pā̃c galiyõ kā ek choṭā-sā cauk thā.
- On the side from which he used to enter the street, there was a Y-junction and away from that Y-junction there was a small intersection of five streets.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | तिराहा tirāhā |
तिराहे tirāhe |
| oblique | तिराहे tirāhe |
तिराहों tirāhõ |
| vocative | तिराहे tirāhe |
तिराहो tirāho |
Further reading
- “तिराहा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तिराहा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 453