تریا

Punjabi

Pronunciation 1

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ˈt(ɪ)ɾe.jaː/
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: تْر‧یا

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *stríH

Sanskrit स्त्री (strī)der.

Punjabi تْریا (treyā)

Derived from Sanskrit स्त्री (strī), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stríH.

Noun

تْریا • (treyā) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤ੍ਰਿਆ or ਤਿਰਿਆ)

1. a woman; female

   Synonyms: زَنانی (zanānī), عَورَت (ʻaurat)

Declension

Declension of تریا

	singular	plural
direct	تْریا (treyā)	تْریاواں (treyāvāṉ)
oblique	تْریا (treyā)	تْریاواں (treyāvāṉ)
vocative	تْریائے (treyā'e)	تْریاؤ (treyā'o)
ablative	تْریاؤں (treyā'oṉ)	تْریاواں (treyāvāṉ)
locative	—	تْریاوائِیں (treyāvā'īṉ)
instrumental	—	—

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾiː.jaː/

Etymology

Western Panjabi numbers ^(edit)

	30[a], [b]
←  2	۳ 3	4  →
Cardinal: تِنّ (tinn), تْرَے (trai)     Ordinal: تِیجا (tījā), تْرِیّا     Adverbial: تِہرا (tihrā)     Multiplier: تِگُݨا (tiguṇā), تِنّ گُݨا (tinn guṇā), تْرَے گُݨا (trai guṇā)     Collective: تِنّاں (tinnāṉ), تْرَیئے (trai'e)     Fractional: تِہائی (tihā'ī), تْرِہائی (trihā'ī)

Inherited from Sanskrit तृतीय (tṛtīya) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

Adjective

تْرِیّا • (triyyā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤ੍ਰੀਯਾ or ਤਰੀਯਾ)

1. (Western, dialectal Majhi) Alternative form of تِیجا (tījā, “third”)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تِریا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “تریا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਤਿਰਿਆ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “strīˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press