तराई

Hindi

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *taras (“plain, plateau”), possibly related to Sanskrit तल (tala, “level”). Cognate to Nepali तराइ (tarāi).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ɾɑːiː/

Noun

तराई • (tarāī) f (Urdu spelling ترائی‎)

foothills; plateau at the foot of a mountain
alluvial plain

Proper noun

तराई • (tarāī) f (Urdu spelling ترائی‎)

the Terai region

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “तराई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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