त्रै

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• त्रा (trā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ত্ৰৈ (Assamese script)
• ᬢ᭄ᬭᬿ (Balinese script)
• ত্রৈ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰿𑰨𑰹 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑁆𑀭𑁃 (Brahmi script)
• တြဲ (Burmese script)
• ત્રૈ (Gujarati script)
• ਤ੍ਰੈ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍈 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦿꦻ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂹𑂩𑂶 (Kaithi script)
• ತ್ರೈ (Kannada script)
• ត្រៃ (Khmer script)
• ຕ຺ໄຣ (Lao script)
• ത്രൈ (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᡵᠠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘺 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠷᠧᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧠𑧈𑧛 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐿 (Newa script)
• ତ୍ରୈ (Odia script)
• ꢡ꣄ꢬꣀ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆽 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖿𑖨𑖹 (Siddham script)
• ත්‍රෛ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫 𑪙𑩼𑩗 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚶𑚤𑚳 (Takri script)
• த்ரை (Tamil script)
• త్రై (Telugu script)
• ตฺไร (Thai script)
• ཏྲཻ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑓂𑒩𑒻 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑩇𑨫𑨇 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Related to Avestan 𐬚𐬭𐬁 (θrā, “to protect”, root). Further etymology unclear.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɾɑːj/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɾɑj/

Root

त्रै • (trai)

1. to protect, preserve, cherish, defend, rescue

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root त्रै (0 c, 1 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root त्रै (1 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• त्रायते (trā́yate, Present)
• त्राति (trā́ti, Present)
• त्रास्यते (trāsyáte, Future)
• त्राता (trātā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अत्रासीत् (átrāsīt, Aorist)
• तत्रे (tatré, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• त्रायते (trāyate, Passive)

Non-Finite Forms

• त्रात (trāta, Past Participle)
• त्रातुम् (trātum, Infinitive)
• त्रात्वा (trātvā, Gerund)
• त्रातव्य (trātavya, Gerundive)
• त्रययाय्य (trayayā́yya, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• त्रा (trā́)
• त्रातृ (trātṛ́)
• त्रात्र (trātra)
• त्राण (trāṇa)
• त्रामन् (trā́man)
• सुत्रावन् (sutrā́van)

Prefixed Root Forms

• परित्रै (paritrai)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “त्रै”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 462, column 1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 67
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “TRĀ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 679-680