तिराहा

Hindi

Etymology

Dvigu compound of ति- (ti-, “three”, combining form) +‎ राह (rāh, “path, way”) +‎ -आ (-ā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɪ.ɾɑː.ɦɑː/, [t̪ɪ.ɾäː.ɦäː]

Noun

तिराहा • (tirāhā) m (Urdu spelling تِراہا)

1. Y-junction
   • 2005, Mudrarakshas, 10 प्रतिनिधि कहानियाँ‎^[1], Kitabghar Prakashan, →ISBN, page 104:

     गली में जिस तरफ से वे प्रवेश करते थे, उधर एक तिराहा था और उस तिराहे से हटकर पाँच गलियों का एक छोटा-सा चौक था।

     galī mẽ jis taraph se ve praveś karte the, udhar ek tirāhā thā aur us tirāhe se haṭkar pā̃c galiyõ kā ek choṭā-sā cauk thā.

     On the side from which he used to enter the street, there was a Y-junction and away from that Y-junction there was a small intersection of five streets.

Declension

Declension of तिराहा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तिराहा tirāhā	तिराहे tirāhe
oblique	तिराहे tirāhe	तिराहों tirāhõ
vocative	तिराहे tirāhe	तिराहो tirāho

Further reading

• “तिराहा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तिराहा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 453