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terai

/təˈɹaɪ/

terai noun: a belt of marshy land, which lies between the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains.

Noun

terai (plural terais)

  1. A belt of marshy land, which lies between the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains.
    • Emotions running high, clashes between protesters and police led to the death of at least 40 people in Terai since August – including 11 police officials, one of them dragged out of an ambulance and beaten to death.2015 September 20, Sugam Pokharel, Salim Essaid, “More than half a century in the making: Nepal enshrines new constitution”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2022
  2. A terai hat.

terai meaning in Tamil

terai in Tamil

டெராய் காடுகள்

Forms of terai

pluralterais
alternative formtarai

Origin of terai

Borrowed from Nepali तराइ (tarāi) and/or Hindustani (Hindi तराई (tarāī) / Urdu ترائی (tarāī, “marsh, foothills”)), from Prakrit *तलघट्टिका- (*talaghaṭṭikā-), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan *taras (“plain, plateau”), possibly related to Sanskrit तल (tala, “level”); cognate to Nepali तराइ (tarāi). Possibly later associated with Classical Persian تر (tar, “humid”).

Words formed from terai

Phrases with terai

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Questions about terai

What does terai mean?
Terai means a belt of marshy land, which lies between the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains.
What is terai in Tamil?
Terai in Tamil is டெராய் காடுகள். See Terai meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is terai?
Terai is a noun.
How do you pronounce terai?
Terai is pronounced /təˈɹaɪ/.
What is the plural of terai?
The plural of terai is terais.

Words near terai in the dictionary

  1. Terah
  2. terahash
  3. terahashes
  4. terahertz
  5. terahertz radiation
  6. terai
  7. terai fever
  8. terai hat
  9. terai hats
  10. Teraina
  11. terais

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Adapted from Wiktionary: terai (page history and authors); terai (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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