Tripitʹaka means the “triple basket,”

a term applied to the three classes into which the canonical writings of the Buddha are divided—viz. the Soutras, the Vinaʹya, and the Abidharma. (See these words.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Trieste
Trigon
Trilogy
Trimilki
Trimmer
Trinculo
Trine
Trinity
Trinobantës
Trinoda Necessitas
Tripitaka means the “triple basket,”
Triple Alliance
Tripos
Trismegistus [thrice greatest]
Tristram (Sir)
Triton
Triumph
Trivet
Trivia
Trivial
Trivium