त्रि

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: त्रि (tri)     Ordinal: तृतीय (tṛtīya)     Adverbial: त्रिस् (tris)     Distributive: त्रिशस् (triśas)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬢ᭄ᬭᬶ (Balinese script)
• ত্ৰি (Assamese script)
• ত্রি (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰿𑰨𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ત્રિ (Gujarati script)
• ਤੑਰਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦠꦿꦶ (Javanese script)
• ត្រិ (Khmer script)
• ತ್ರಿ (Kannada script)
• ຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• ത്രി (Malayalam script)
• 𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠷᢈ (Mongolian script)
• ᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• တြိ (Burmese script)
• 𑦽𑧠𑧈𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐶 (Newa script)
• ତ୍ରି (Oriya script)
• ꢡ꣄ꢬꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖿𑖨𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ත්රි (Sinhalese script)
• త్రి (Telugu script)
• ตฺริ (Thai script)
• ཏྲི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑓂𑒩𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate with Latin trēs, Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs), Old English þrēo (whence English three).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɾí/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /t̪ɾi/

Numeral

त्रि • (trí) m

1. three

Declension

Masculine declension
Nom. sg.	—
Gen. sg.	—
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	—	—	त्रयः (trayaḥ)
Vocative	—	—	त्रयः (trayaḥ)
Accusative	—	—	त्रीन् (trīn)
Instrumental	—	—	त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ)
Dative	—	—	त्रिभ्यः (tribhyaḥ)
Ablative	—	—	त्रिभ्यः (tribhyaḥ)
Genitive	—	—	त्रयाणाम् (trayāṇām)
Locative	—	—	त्रिषु (triṣu)

Feminine declension
Nom. sg.	—
Gen. sg.	—
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	—	—	तिस्रः (tisraḥ)
Vocative	—	—	तिस्रः (tisraḥ)
Accusative	—	—	तिस्रः (tisraḥ)
Instrumental	—	—	तिसृभिः (tisṛbhiḥ)
Dative	—	—	तिसृभ्यः (tisṛbhyaḥ)
Ablative	—	—	तिसृभ्यः (tisṛbhyaḥ)
Genitive	—	—	तिसृणाम् (tisṛṇām)
Locative	—	—	तिसृषु (tisṛṣu)

Neuter declension
Nom. sg.	—
Gen. sg.	—
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	—	—	त्रीणि (trīṇi)
Vocative	—	—	त्रीणि (trīṇi)
Accusative	—	—	त्रीणि (trīṇi)
Instrumental	—	—	त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ)
Dative	—	—	त्रिभ्यः (tribhyaḥ)
Ablative	—	—	त्रिभ्यः (tribhyaḥ)
Genitive	—	—	त्रयाणाम् (trayāṇām)
Locative	—	—	त्रिषु (triṣu)

Derived terms

• त्रायस्त्रिंश (trāyastriṃśa)
• त्रिक (trika)
• त्रिकाय (trikāya)
• त्रिकोण (trikoṇa)
• त्रिगुण (triguṇa)
• त्रिदश (tridaśa)
• त्रिपिटक (tripiṭaka)
• त्रिपुर (tripura)
• त्रिरत्न (triratna)
• त्रिशूल (triśūla)
• त्रिसंध्या (trisaṃdhyā)
• त्रैलोक्य (trailokya)

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀺 (tiṃni /tiṇṇi/) (< त्रीणि (trī́ṇi)) (see there for further descendants)
• Ashokan Prakrit: 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨩𐨆‎ (trayo) (< त्रयस् (tráyas)) (see there for further descendants)
• Dardic:
  • Ashkun: [script needed] (tre), [script needed] (tra)
  • Grangali: [script needed] (ṣlē)
  • Kalasha: [script needed] (trē)
  • Kashmiri: ترٛےٚ‎ (tre)
  • Khowar: [script needed] (troi)
  • Shina: ڇے‎ (c̣e)
    • Kohistani Shina: [script needed] (c̣ēĭ)
  • Shumashti: [script needed] (λyē)
• Helu:
  • Dhivehi: ތިން‎ (tin̊)
  • Sinhalese: තුන (tuna)
• Pali: ti
• → Burmese: တြိ (tri.)
• → Malay: tri, tri- / تري‎, تري-‎
  • Indonesian: tri
• → Thai: ตรี (dtrii), ไตร (dtrai)
• → Proto-Nuristani:
  • Ashkun: [script needed] (tre), [script needed] (tra)
  • Kamkata-viri: [script needed] (tre)
  • Prasuni: [script needed] (chī), [script needed] (chhī)
  • Waigali: [script needed] (tre), [script needed] (trē)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “त्रि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0457.