त्रठ

Kashmiri

FWOTD – 26 August 2021

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तडित् (taḍit, “lightning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /traʈʰ/

Noun

त्रठ • (traṭh) f (Perso-Arabic ترَٛٹھ, Sharada 𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆜𑇀)

1. a cloudburst
2. lightning, thunderbolt

   त्रठ पॆयि च़ॆ कलस पॆठ! ― traṭh peyi tse kalas peṭh! ― May lightning fall upon your head! (A common Kashmiri way of berating)

   स्व छॆ त्रठ हिश। / सु छु त्रठ ह्युव। ― sọ che traṭh hiś. / su chu traṭh hyuv. ― She is like lightning. / He is like lightning. (A way of praising)

   यथ क्याह त्रठ पॆयि? ― yath kyāh traṭh peyi? ― What happened to this? (literally, “What lightning struck this?”)

   • c. 14th century, Lalleshwari, Lal-Vakhs:

     च़ालुन छु वुज़ॖमलॖ तॖ त्रटय
     च़ालुन छु मन्दिनॆन गटॖकार।

     ċāluna chu wuzụmalụ tụ traṭay
     ċāluna chu mandinena gaṭụkāra.

     Thunder and lightning must be endured. Even utter darkness in the middle of the day must be endured.

3. (dated) meteorite

Interjection

त्रठ • (traṭh)

1. (with dative) curse on

   त्रठ च़ॆ! ― traṭh tse! ― Curse you!

References

• 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) “त्रठ”, in A dictionary of the Kashmiri language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal
• Elmslie, William Jackson (1872) “traṭ”, in A Vocabulary of the Kashmírí Language‎^[2], London: Church Missionary House, page 238

(quotation)

• B. N. Parimoo (1978) The Ascent of Self‎^[3], Motilal Banarsidass, →ISBN, page 12
• Jaya Lal Kaul ((Can we date this quote?)) Lal Ded‎^[4], page 63