तिहाई تہائی ♣ Eng. three + -phagous
[tihāī]~[tɛhāī], f. num. a third part.
[◀MIA ∙∙∙ ◀OIA *tribhāgiya- ‘a third portion’ <tribhāga- m. ‘a third part’ Hariv. <+②bhāga- m. ‘portion, fraction’ ŚvetUp. (♣Eng. -phagous ) <tri- ‘three’ ◀PIE *trei- ‘three’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. three, third ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. tribe, trio, triple, trinity ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0346; (Turner, 1966) 6038, p.343, ② 9430, ② p.532; (MW, 1899) 0457, ② 0751, ② 0743; (Pokorny, 1959) 1090, ② 0107; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.675, ② 2.260, ② 2.241