ترَٛٹھ
Kashmiri edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit तडित् (taḍit).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ترَٛٹھ • (traṭh) f (Devanagari त्रठ, Sharada 𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆜𑇀)
- a cloudburst
- lightning, thunderbolt
- 1320-1392, Lalleshwari, Lal-Vakhs
- ژالُن چھُ وُزٕمَلہٕ تہ ٕ ترَٛٹَے
ژالُن چھُ مَنٛدِنێن گَٹہٕ کار- Thunder and lightning must be endured. Even utter darkness in the middle of the day must be endured.
- ترَٛٹھ پێیہِ ژےٚ کَلَس پؠٹھ!
- May lightning fall upon your head! (A common Kashmiri way of berating)
- سۄ کوٗر چھےٚ ترَٛٹھ ہِش۔
- sọ kūr che traṭh hiś۔
- That girl is like lightning.(A way of praising)
- 1320-1392, Lalleshwari, Lal-Vakhs
- (dated) meteorite
Interjection edit
ترَٛٹھ • (traṭh)
- (with dative) curse on
- ترَٛٹھ ژےٚ!
- Curse you!
References edit
- S. K. Toshakhani; J. Lal Kaul; Mohiuddin Hajni; Prithvi Nath Pushp; Akhtar Mohiuddin (1968-1980) Kashir Dictionary Vol 2[1] (in Kashmiri), volume 2, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 240
- Grierson, George Abraham (1932), “ترَٛٹھ”, in A dictionary of the Kashmiri language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal
- Elmslie, William Jackson (1872), “traṭ”, in A Vocabulary of the Kashmírí Language, London: Church Missionary House, page 238
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