स्त्री
Appearance
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit स्त्री (strī́). Doublet of तिय (tiya).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /st̪ɾiː/
Noun
[edit]स्त्री • (strī) f (Urdu spelling ستری or استری)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | स्त्री strī |
स्त्रियाँ striyā̃ |
| oblique | स्त्री strī |
स्त्रियों striyõ |
| vocative | स्त्री strī |
स्त्रियो striyo |
Derived terms
[edit]- स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅg, “feminine gender (grammar)”)
Related terms
[edit]Marathi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘲 (strī), 𑘀𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘳𑘨𑘲 (asturī), 𑘀𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘲 (astrī), from Sanskrit स्त्री (strī).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]स्त्री • (strī) f
References
[edit]- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “स्त्री”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Shankar Gopal Tulpule; Anne Feldhaus (1999), “स्त्री”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
Middle Gujarati
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्त्री (strī).
Noun
[edit]स्त्री (strī) f
- woman
- wife
- 1782, मतिसार, शालिभद्रचरित:
- शालभद्र एकेक स्त्री दिनप्रतै तेजै छै
- Śālabhādra gives up one wife per day
- शालभद्र एकेक स्त्री दिनप्रतै तेजै छै
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- স্ত্ৰী (Assamese script)
- ᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
- স্ত্রী (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- သ္တြီ (Burmese script)
- સ્ત્રી (Gujarati script)
- ਸ੍ਤ੍ਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦠꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂹𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಸ್ತ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
- ស្ត្រី (Khmer script)
- ສ຺ຕ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
- സ്ത്രീ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᢠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠰᢐᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ତ୍ରୀ (Odia script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢡ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
- ස්ත්රී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁 𑪙𑩫 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚶𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
- ஸ்த்ரீ (Tamil script)
- స్త్రీ (Telugu script)
- สฺตฺรี (Thai script)
- སྟྲཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑩇𑨙𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-Iranian *stríH
Sanskrit स्त्री
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stríH (“woman”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬭𐬍 (strī, “woman”), Pashto ښځه (ẍëźa, “woman”), Sogdian 𐼼𐽂𐽀𐼷𐼿 (stryc), Ossetian силӕ (silæ).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]स्त्री • (strī́) stem, f
- a woman, female
- wife
- the female of any animal
- शाखामृगस्त्री ― śākhā-mṛga-strī ― a female monkey
- (grammar) the feminine gender
- a kind of metre
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | स्त्री (strī́) | स्त्रियौ॑ (stríyau) | स्त्रियः॑ (stríyaḥ) |
| accusative | स्त्रिय॑म् (stríyam) | स्त्रियौ॑ (stríyau) | स्त्रियः॑ (stríyaḥ) |
| instrumental | स्त्रि॒या (striyā́) | स्त्री॒भ्याम् (strībhyā́m) | स्त्री॒भिः (strībhíḥ) |
| dative | स्त्रि॒ये (striyé) स्त्रि॒यै¹ (striyái¹) |
स्त्री॒भ्याम् (strībhyā́m) | स्त्री॒भ्यः (strībhyáḥ) |
| ablative | स्त्रि॒यः (striyáḥ) स्त्रि॒याः¹ (striyā́ḥ¹) स्त्रि॒यै² (striyái²) |
स्त्री॒भ्याम् (strībhyā́m) | स्त्री॒भ्यः (strībhyáḥ) |
| genitive | स्त्रि॒यः (striyáḥ) स्त्रि॒याः¹ (striyā́ḥ¹) स्त्रि॒यै² (striyái²) |
स्त्रि॒योः (striyóḥ) | स्त्रि॒याम् (striyā́m) स्त्री॒णाम्¹ (strīṇā́m¹) |
| locative | स्त्रि॒यि (striyí) स्त्रि॒याम्¹ (striyā́m¹) |
स्त्रि॒योः (striyóḥ) | स्त्री॒षु (strīṣú) |
| vocative | स्त्रीः (strī́ḥ) | स्त्रियौ॑ (stríyau) | स्त्रियः॑ (stríyaḥ) |
- ¹Later Sanskrit
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
[edit]Inherited
Borrowed
- → Bengali: স্ত্রী (stri)
- → Gujarati: સ્ત્રી (strī)
- → Hindi: स्त्री (strī)
- → Urdu: ستری
- → Kannada: ಸ್ತ್ರೀ (strī)
- → Khmer: ស្ត្រី (strəy), ស្រី (srəy), សត្រី (sattrəy)
- → Malay: isteri
- → Indonesian: istri
- → Old Javanese: strī
- → Odia: ସ୍ତ୍ରୀ (stri)
- → Malayalam: സ്ത്രീ (strī)
- → Marathi: स्त्री (strī)
- → Konkani: ostori
- → Sinhalese: ස්ත්රී (strī)
- → Marwari: अस्त्री (astrī),
- → Telugu: స్త్రీ (strī)
- → Thai: สตรี (sà-dtrii)
References
[edit]- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “strī́-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 763
Further reading
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899), “स्त्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1260, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976), “strī́”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 522
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