ترَٛٹھ

Inherited from Sanskrit तडित् (taḍit).

IPA^(key): /traʈʰ/

ترَٛٹھ • (transliteration needed) f (Devanagari त्रठ, Sharada 𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆜𑇀)

1. a cloudburst
2. lightning, thunderbolt
   • 1320-1392, Lalleshwari, Lal-Vakhs

     ژالُن چھُ وُزٕمَلہٕ تہ ٕ ترَٛٹَے

     ژالُن چھُ مَنٛدِنێن گَٹہٕ کار

     Thunder and lightning must be endured. Even utter darkness in the middle of the day must be endured.

   ‏ترَٛٹھ پێیہِ ژےٚ کَلَس پؠٹھ!‎‎

   May lightning fall upon your head! (A common Kashmiri way of berating)

   ‏سۄ کوٗر چھےٚ ترَٛٹھ ہِش۔‎‎

   sọ kūr che traṭh hiś۔

   That girl is like lightning.(A way of praising)

3. (dated) meteorite

ترَٛٹھ • (transliteration needed)

1. (with dative) curse on

   ‏ترَٛٹھ ژےٚ!‎‎

   Curse you!

• S. K. Toshakhani; J. Lal Kaul; Mohiuddin Hajni; Prithvi Nath Pushp; Akhtar Mohiuddin (1968-1980) Kashir Dictionary Vol 2‎ (in Kashmiri), Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 240
• Grierson, George Abraham (1932), “ترَٛٹھ”, in A dictionary of the Kashmiri language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal
• Elmslie, William Jackson (1872), “traṭ”, in A Vocabulary of the Kashmírí Language, London: Church Missionary House, page 238

(quotation)

• B. N. Parimoo (1978) The Ascent of Self‎, Motilal Banarsidass, →ISBN, page 12
• Jaya Lal Kaul ((Can we date this quote?)) Lal Ded‎ (in Urdu), page 63