स्तॄ

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (to spread, stretch, extend), an extension of *ster- (spread). Cognate with Ancient Greek στόρνῡμι (stórnūmi, spread), Latin sternō (spread), Proto-Slavic *stornà (side, land), *stérti (to extend); English strew.

Pronunciation

Root

स्तॄ (stṝ)

  1. to spread, spread out, scatter, strew

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References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “स्तॄ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1260, column 1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 193
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्तॄ”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “STAR”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 755
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “STARI”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 756-757