تریا

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *stríH

Sanskrit स्त्री (strī)

Prakrit 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (itthī)

Punjabi تِریْا (tiriyā)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (itthī), from Sanskrit स्त्री (strī), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stríH.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɪ.ɾɪ.jäː/
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: تِ‧رِ‧یا

Noun

تِریْا • (tiriyā) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਿਰਿਆ)

1. a woman; female

   Synonyms: زَنانی (zanānī), عَورَت (ʻaurat)

Declension

Declension of تریا

	singular	plural
direct	تِریْا (tiriyā)	تِریْاواں (tiriyāvāṉ)
oblique	تِریْا (tiriyā)	تِریْاواں (tiriyāvāṉ)
vocative	تِریْائے (tiriyā'e)	تِریْاؤ (tiriyā'o)
ablative	تِریْاؤں (tiriyā'oṉ)	تِریْاواں (tiriyāvāṉ)
locative	—	تِریْاوائِیں (tiriyāvā'īṉ)
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تِریا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “تریا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਤਿਰਿਆ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “strīˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press