تریا

Punjabi

Pronunciation 1

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɾeː.äː/, [ˈt̪ɾeː.jäː], [ˈt̪ə̆.ɾeː.jäː]
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: تْر‧یا

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *stríH

Sanskrit स्त्री (strī)der.

Punjabi تْریا

Derived from Sanskrit स्त्री (strī), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stríH (“woman”).

Noun

تْریا • (treyā) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤ੍ਰਿਆ or ਤਿਰਿਆ)

1. a woman; female

   Synonyms: زَنانی (zanānī), عَورَت (ʻaurat)

Declension

Declension of تریا

	singular	plural
direct	تْریا (treyā)	تْریاواں (treyāvāṉ)
oblique	تْریا (treyā)	تْریاواں (treyāvāṉ)
vocative	تْریائے (treyā'e)	تْریاؤ (treyā'o)
ablative	تْریاؤں (treyā'oṉ)	—
locative	—	تْریاوائِیں (treyāvā'īṉ)
instrumental	—	—

Pronunciation 2

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ɾiː.jäː/, [t̪ə.ˈɾiː.jäː]

Etymology

Western Punjabi numbers ^(edit)

	30[a], [b]
←  2	۳ 3	4  →
Cardinal: تِنّ (tinn), تْرَے (trai)     Ordinal: تِیجا (tījā), تْرِیّا     Adverbial: تِہرا (tihrā)     Multiplier: تِگُݨا (tiguṇā), تِنّ گُݨا (tinn guṇā), تْرَے گُݨا (trai guṇā)     Collective: تِنّاں (tinnāṉ)     Fractional: تِہائی (tihā'ī), تْرِہائی (trihā'ī)

Inherited from Sanskrit तृतीय (tṛtīya) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

Adjective

تَرِیّا • (tariyyā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਰੀਯਾ)

1. (Western, dialectal Majhi) alternative form of تِیجا (tījā, “third”)

Further reading

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