تراہ

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit त्रास (trāsa, “fear, terror”). .

Noun

تْراہ (trāh)

1. fright, fear

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi تراسا (trāsā), from Sanskrit त्रास (trāsa, “fear, terror”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: trā́ IPA^(key): /t̪ɾäː˥/
• Rhymes: -äː˥

Noun

تْراہ • (trāh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤ੍ਰਾਹ or ਤਰਾਹ)

1. fright, fear (sudden fright)
   • 2007, فوزیہ رفیق [Fauziyah Rafīq], سکینہ [Sakīnah], Lahore, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 92:

     میرا تَراہ نکل جاندا اے۔

     It scares the crap out of me.

     (literally, “My fright comes out.”)

Declension

Declension of تراہ

	singular	plural
direct	تْراہ (trāh)	تْراہ (trāh)
oblique	تْراہ (trāh)	تْراہاں (trāhāṉ)
vocative	تْراہا (trāhā)	تْراہو (trāho)
ablative	تْراہوں (trāhoṉ)	—
locative	تْراہے (trāhe)	تْراہِیں (trāhīṉ)
instrumental	تْراہوں (trāhoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “تراہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “تراہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਤ੍ਰਾਹ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “trāsa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 343