त्रि

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: त्रि (tri)
    Ordinal: तृतीय (tṛtīya)
    Adverbial: त्रिस् (tris)
    Multiplier: त्रिधा (tridhā), त्रेधा (tredhā)
    Distributive: त्रिशस् (triśas)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.[1] Cognate with Latin trēs, Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs), Old English þrēo (whence English three).

    Pronunciation

    Numeral

    त्रि • (trí)

    1. three

    Declension

    Masculine i-stem declension of त्रि
    plural
    nominative त्रयः॑ (tráyaḥ)
    accusative त्रीन् (trī́n)
    instrumental त्रि॒भिः (tribhíḥ)
    dative त्रि॒भ्यः (tribhyáḥ)
    ablative त्रि॒भ्यः (tribhyáḥ)
    genitive त्र॒या॒णाम् (trayāṇā́m)
    त्री॒णाम्¹ (trīṇā́m¹)
    locative त्रि॒षु (triṣú)
    vocative त्रयः॑ (tráyaḥ)
    • ¹Vedic
    Feminine ṛ-stem declension of ति॒सृ
    plural
    nominative ति॒स्रः (tisráḥ)
    accusative ति॒स्रः (tisráḥ)
    instrumental ति॒सृभिः॑ (tisṛ́bhiḥ)
    dative ति॒सृभ्यः॑ (tisṛ́bhyaḥ)
    ablative ति॒सृभ्यः॑ (tisṛ́bhyaḥ)
    genitive ति॒सृ॒णाम् (tisṛṇā́m)
    ति॒सॄ॒णाम्¹ (tisṝṇā́m¹)
    locative ति॒सृषु॑ (tisṛ́ṣu)
    vocative तिस्रः॑ (tísraḥ)
    • ¹Vedic
    Neuter i-stem declension of त्रि
    plural
    nominative त्रीणि॑ (trī́ṇi)
    त्री¹ (trī́¹)
    accusative त्रीणि॑ (trī́ṇi)
    त्री¹ (trī́¹)
    instrumental त्रि॒भिः (tribhíḥ)
    dative त्रि॒भ्यः (tribhyáḥ)
    ablative त्रि॒भ्यः (tribhyáḥ)
    genitive त्र॒या॒णाम् (trayāṇā́m)
    त्री॒णाम्¹ (trīṇā́m¹)
    locative त्रि॒षु (triṣú)
    vocative त्रीणि॑ (trī́ṇi)
    त्री¹ (trī́¹)
    • ¹Vedic

    Derived terms

    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:
      • 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)
    • Northern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
    • Pali: ti
    • Burmese: တြိ (tri.)
    • Malay: tri, tri- / تري, تري-
      • Indonesian: tri
    • Tamil: திரி (tiri)
    • Thai: ตรี (dtrii), ไตร (dtrai)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “tray-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 675

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