तराई

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *taras (“plain, plateau”), possibly related to Sanskrit तल (tala, “level”). Cognate to Nepali तराइ (tarāi).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ɾɑː.iː/, [t̪ɐ.ɾäː.iː]

Noun

तराई • (tarāī) f (Urdu spelling ترائی)

1. foothills; plateau at the foot of a mountain
2. alluvial plain

Declension

Declension of तराई (fem ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तराई tarāī	तराइयाँ tarāiyā̃
oblique	तराई tarāī	तराइयों tarāiyõ
vocative	तराई tarāī	तराइयो tarāiyo

Proper noun

तराई • (tarāī) f (Urdu spelling ترائی)

1. the Terai region

Declension

Declension of तराई (sg-only fem ind ī-stem)

	singular
direct	तराई tarāī
oblique	तराई tarāī
vocative	तराई tarāī

References

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