ترَٛٹھ

Kashmiri

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तडित् (taḍit).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /traʈʰ/

Noun

ترَٛٹھ • (traṭh) f (Devanagari त्रठ, Sharada 𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆜𑇀)

1. a cloudburst
2. lightning, thunderbolt
   • 1320-1392, Lalleshwari, Lal-Vakhs

     ژالُن چھُ وُزٕمَلہٕ تہ ٕ ترَٛٹَے
     ژالُن چھُ مَنٛدِنێن گَٹہٕ کار

     ċālun chu vuzụmalhụ th ụ traٛṭaē
     ċālun chu mandinen gaṭhụ kār

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

   ترَٛٹھ پێیہِ ژےٚ کَلَس پؠٹھ!

   traٛṭh peyhi ċe kalas pyaṭh!

   May lightning fall upon your head! (A common Kashmiri way of berating)

   سۄ کوٗر چھےٚ ترَٛٹھ ہِش۔

   sọ kūr che traṭh hiś۔

   That girl is like lightning.(A way of praising)

3. (dated) meteorite

Interjection

ترَٛٹھ • (traṭh)

1. (with dative) curse on

   ترَٛٹھ ژےٚ!

   traٛṭh ċe!

   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) “ترَٛٹھ”, 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] (in Urdu), page 63