terai

• tarai

From Hindustani तराई (tarāī) / ترائی (tarāī, “wetland”), from earlier Prakrit *तलघट्टिका- (*talaghaṭṭikā-).

• IPA^(key): /təˈɹaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

terai (plural terais)

1. A belt of marshy land, which lies between the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains.
2. A terai hat.

• terai fever

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “tarāī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

• Artie, Tiare, irate, raite, retia

terai

1. sugarcane

From English try, either directly or via Central Malay terai (“to try”).

terai

1. to try (to test, to work out)

   Cubo kamo' terai dukin mubil tu. (Palembang) ― You should have tried the car first.

2. to fit (to attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing)

   Synonym: tulu' (Palembang)

For other senses of English try, use cubo (Palembang, Penesak) or cubè (Upper Musi).