تراویح

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic تَرَاوِيحْ (tarāwīḥ), plural of تَرْوِيحَة (tarwīḥa, “relief, rest for breathing”).

Noun

تراویح • (terāviḥ)

1. (Islam) tarawih (an extra prayer performed by Sunni Muslims at night in the month of Ramadan)

Descendants

• Turkish: teravih

References

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

Persian

Alternative forms

• ترابی (tarābē) (dialectal, Kabuli)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَرَاوِيحْ (tarāwīḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ta.raː.ˈwiːh/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɑː.wiːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɑː.wiːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɑː.beː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɔː.wi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.ɹɒː.viːʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɔ.veʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	tarāwīh
Dari reading?	tarāwīh
Iranian reading?	tarâvih
Tajik reading?	taroveh

Noun

تراویح • (tarāwīh / tarâvih) (Tajik spelling таровеҳ)

1. (Islam) tarawih (an extra prayer performed by Sunni Muslims at night in the month of Ramadan)

Descendants

• Dari: تَرَاوِیح (tarāwīh)
• Iranian Persian: تَرَاویح (tarâvih)
• Tajik: таровеҳ (taroveh)
• → Punjabi: تَرَاوِیح (tarāvīḥ)
• → Urdu: تَرَاوِیح (tarāvīh)

Punjabi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

تَراوِیحْ • (tarāvīḥ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਰਾਵੀਹ)

1. (Islam) tarawih (an extra prayer performed by Sunni Muslims at night in the month of Ramadan)

References

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “تَراوِیح”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

تَراوِیح • (tarāvīh) f (Hindi spelling तरावीह)

1. (Islam) tarawih (an extra prayer performed by Sunni Muslims at night in the month of Ramadan)

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, 2026.