تراہ

تراہ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਤ੍ਰਾਸਾ (trāsā), from Prakrit 𑀢𑀸𑀲 (tāsa), from Sanskrit त्रास (trāsa, “fear, terror”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɾäː˦/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Phonetic: trā́

Noun

تْراہ • (trāh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤ੍ਰਾਹ or ਤਰਾਹ)

1. fright, fear

   ‏میرا تْراہ کَڈّھ سَڑِیا اے‎

   merā trāh kaḍḍh saṛiyā ae

   You scared the hell out of me

   (literally, “took the fear out of me”)

Declension

Declension of تراہ
dir. sg.	تْراہ‎ (trāh)
dir. pl.	تْراہ‎ (trāh)
	singular	plural
direct	تْراہ‎ (trāh)	تْراہ‎ (trāh)
oblique	تْراہ‎ (trāh)	تْراہاں‎ (trāhāṉ)
vocative	تْراہا‎ (trāhā)	تْراہو‎ (trāho)
ablative	تْراہوں‎ (trāhoṉ)	—
locative	تْراہے‎ (trāhe)	تْراہِیں‎ (trāhīṉ)
instrumental	تْراہے‎ (trāhe)	تْراہِیں‎ (trāhīṉ)

Further reading

• “تراہ‎”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “تراہ‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “trāsa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 343