स्त्री

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See also: सितारा, सत्र, स्तर, संतरा, स्त्र, सूत्र, and सितार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्त्री (strī́). Doublet of तिय (tiya).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /st̪ɾiː/

Noun

स्त्री • (strī) f (Urdu spelling ستری)

  1. woman
    Synonyms: औरत (aurat), नारी (nārī), महिला (mahilā)
  2. wife
    Synonyms: पत्नी (patnī), बीवी (bīvī)

Declension

Declension of स्त्री (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct स्त्री
strī 		स्त्रियाँ
striyā̃
oblique स्त्री
strī 		स्त्रियों
striyõ
vocative स्त्री
strī 		स्त्रियो
striyo

Derived terms

Related terms

Middle Gujarati

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्त्री (strī).

Noun

स्त्री (strī) f

  1. woman
  2. wife
    • 1782, मतिसार, शालिभद्रचरित :
      शालभद्र एकेक स्त्री दिनप्रतै तेजै छै
      Śālabhādra gives up one wife per day

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *stríH (“woman”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬭𐬍 (strī, “woman”), Pashto ښځه (ẍëźa, “woman”), Sogdian 𐼼𐽂𐽀𐼷𐼿 (stryc), Ossetian силӕ (silæ).

Pronunciation

Noun

स्त्री • (strī́) stem, f

  1. a woman, female
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.30.09:
      स्त्रियो हि दास आयुधानि चक्रे किं मा करन्नबला अस्य सेनाः।
      stríyo hí dāsá ā́yudhāni cakré kím mā karannabalā́ asya sénāḥ.
      The Dāsa hath taken women, for weapons, what harm can his feeble armies do to me?
  2. wife
  3. the female of any animal
    शाखामृगस्त्री ― śākhā-mṛga-strī ― a female monkey
  4. (grammar) the feminine gender
  5. a kind of metre

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of स्त्री (strī́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative स्त्री
strī́ 		स्त्रियौ
stríyau 		स्त्रियः
stríyaḥ
Vocative स्त्रीः
strī́ḥ 		स्त्रियौ
stríyau 		स्त्रियः
stríyaḥ
Accusative स्त्रियम्
stríyam 		स्त्रियौ
stríyau 		स्त्रियः
stríyaḥ
Instrumental स्त्रिया
striyā́ 		स्त्रीभ्याम्
strībhyā́m 		स्त्रीभिः
strībhíḥ
Dative स्त्रिये / स्त्रियै¹
striyé / striyaí¹ 		स्त्रीभ्याम्
strībhyā́m 		स्त्रीभ्यः
strībhyáḥ
Ablative स्त्रियः / स्त्रियाः¹ / स्त्रियै²
striyáḥ / striyā́ḥ¹ / striyaí² 		स्त्रीभ्याम्
strībhyā́m 		स्त्रीभ्यः
strībhyáḥ
Genitive स्त्रियः / स्त्रियाः¹ / स्त्रियै²
striyáḥ / striyā́ḥ¹ / striyaí² 		स्त्रियोः
striyóḥ 		स्त्रियाम् / स्त्रीणाम्¹
striyā́m / strīṇā́m¹
Locative स्त्रियि / स्त्रियाम्¹
striyí / striyā́m¹ 		स्त्रियोः
striyóḥ 		स्त्रीषु
strīṣú
Notes
  • ¹Later Sanskrit
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Borrowed terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “स्त्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1260/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 763
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 522-3
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