त्रि

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: त्रि (tri)     Ordinal: तृतीय (tṛtīya)     Adverbial: त्रिस् (tris)     Distributive: त्रिशस् (triśas)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ত্ৰি (Assamese script)
• ᬢ᭄ᬭᬶ (Balinese script)
• ত্রি (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰿𑰨𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• တြိ (Burmese script)
• ત્રિ (Gujarati script)
• ਤ੍ਰਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦿꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂹𑂩𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ತ್ರಿ (Kannada script)
• ត្រិ (Khmer script)
• ຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• ത്രി (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧠𑧈𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐶 (Newa script)
• ତ୍ରି (Odia script)
• ꢡ꣄ꢬꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖿𑖨𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ත්‍රි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫 𑪙𑩼𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚶𑚤𑚮 (Takri script)
• த்ரி (Tamil script)
• త్రి (Telugu script)
• ตฺริ (Thai script)
• ཏྲི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑓂𑒩𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑩇𑨫𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɾí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɾi/

Numeral

त्रि • (trí) m

1. three

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of त्रि (trí)
	Plural
Nominative	त्रयः tráyaḥ
Vocative	त्रयः tráyaḥ
Accusative	त्रीन् trī́n
Instrumental	त्रिभिः tribhíḥ
Dative	त्रिभ्यः tribhyáḥ
Ablative	त्रिभ्यः tribhyáḥ
Genitive	त्रयाणाम् / त्रीणाम्¹ trayāṇā́m / trīṇā́m¹
Locative	त्रिषु triṣú
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ṛ-stem declension of तिसृ (tisṛ́)
	Plural
Nominative	तिष्रः tiṣráḥ
Vocative	तिष्रः tíṣraḥ
Accusative	तिष्रः tiṣráḥ
Instrumental	तिसृभिः tisṛ́bhiḥ
Dative	तिसृभ्यः tisṛ́bhyaḥ
Ablative	तिसृभ्यः tisṛ́bhyaḥ
Genitive	तिसृणाम् / तिसॄणाम्¹ tisṛṇā́m / tisṝṇā́m¹
Locative	तिसृषु tisṛ́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter i-stem declension of त्रि (trí)
	Plural
Nominative	त्रीणि / त्री¹ trī́ṇi / trī́¹
Vocative	त्रीणि / त्री¹ trī́ṇi / trī́¹
Accusative	त्रीणि / त्री¹ trī́ṇi / trī́¹
Instrumental	त्रिभिः tribhíḥ
Dative	त्रिभ्यः tribhyáḥ
Ablative	त्रिभ्यः tribhyáḥ
Genitive	त्रयाणाम् / त्रीणाम्¹ trayāṇā́m / trīṇā́m¹
Locative	त्रिषु triṣú
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• त्रायस्त्रिंश (trāyastriṃśa)
• त्रिक (trika)
• त्रिकाय (trikāya)
• त्रिकोण (trikoṇa)
• त्रिगुण (triguṇa)
• त्रिदश (tridaśa)
• त्रिपिटक (tripiṭaka)
• त्रिपुर (tripura)
• त्रिरत्न (triratna)
• त्रिशूल (triśūla)
• त्रिसंध्या (trisaṃdhyā)
• त्रैलोक्य (trailokya)

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:
  • Ashkun: [script needed] (tre), [script needed] (tra)
  • 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:
  • Bhadrawahi: ट्ळा (ṭḷā)
• Helu Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: ތިން (tin̊)
  • Sinhalese: තුන (tuna)
• Pali: ti
• → Burmese: တြိ (tri.)
• → Malay: tri, tri- / تري, تري-
  • Indonesian: tri
• → Tamil: திரி (tiri)
• → Thai: ตรี (dtrii), ไตร (dtrai)
• → Proto-Nuristani:
  • Ashkun: [script needed] (tre), [script needed] (tra)
  • Kamkata-viri: [script needed] (tre)
  • Prasuni: [script needed] (chī), [script needed] (chhī)
  • Waigali: [script needed] (tre), [script needed] (trē)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “त्रि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0457.