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

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تراويح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 527

Punjabi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /tə̆ˈɾaː˩˥.ʋiː/

Noun

تَراوِیح • (tarāvīḥ) f (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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ɾɑː.ʋiːɦ/

Noun

تَراوِیح • (tarāvīh) f (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.