त्रेधा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ত্ৰেধা (Assamese script)
ᬢ᭄ᬭᬾᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
ত্রেধা (Bengali script)
𑰝𑰿𑰨𑰸𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀢𑁆𑀭𑁂𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
တြေဓာ (Burmese script)
ત્રેધા (Gujarati script)
ਤ੍ਰੇਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦠꦿꦺꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂞𑂹𑂩𑂵𑂡𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ತ್ರೇಧಾ (Kannada script)
ត្រេធា (Khmer script)
ຕ຺ເຣຘາ (Lao script)
ത്രേധാ (Malayalam script)
ᢠᡵᡝᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘹𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
ᢐᠷᠧᢑᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦽𑧠𑧈𑧚𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐾𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
ତ୍ରେଧା (Odia script)
ꢡ꣄ꢬꢾꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆼𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖝𑖿𑖨𑖸𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
ත්‍රෙධා (Sinhalese script)
𑩫 𑪙𑩼𑩔𑩮𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚙𑚶𑚤𑚲𑚜𑚭 (Takri script)
த்ரேத⁴ா (Tamil script)
త్రేధా (Telugu script)
ตฺเรธา (Thai script)
ཏྲེ་དྷཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒞𑓂𑒩𑒹𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨙𑩇𑨫𑨄𑨜𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From earlier *त्रयधा (*trayadhā́) (being often trisyllabic in the Rigveda), from त्रय (trayá, “threefold”) +‎ -धा (-dhā).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɾɐj.dʱɑ́ː/, /tɾɐ.jɐ.dʱɑ́ː/

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɾeː.d̪ʱɑː/

Adverb

त्रेधा • (tredhā́)

triply, in three ways or parts
Synonym: त्रिधा (trídhā)
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.22.17:
  इ॒दं विष्णु॒र्वि च॑क्रमे त्रे॒धा नि द॑धे प॒दम् ।
  समू॑ळ्हमस्य पांसु॒रे ॥
  idáṃ víṣṇurví cakrame tredhā́ ní dadhe padám.
  sámūḷhamasya pāṃsuré.
  Viṣṇu traversed this (world); three times he planted his foot and the whole (world) was collected in his dust

References

Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “त्रेधा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 676: “tredhā́ ... *traya-dhā́”