Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/stríH

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)s-ér-ih₂ ~ *(h₁)s-r̥-yeh₂, from *(h₁)ós-r̥, *(h₁)és-r-. Compare Tocharian B ṣarya (“lady”).

Noun

*stríH f

1. a woman

Declension

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *stríH
  • Sanskrit: स्त्री (strī́)
    • Dardic:
      • Kalasha: istríža
      • Kashmiri: ترٕٛے
    • Gandhari: 𐨀𐨁𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨁 (istri)
    • Pali: itthi
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (itthī)
      • Hindi: तिय (tiya)
      • Rajasthani: तिरिया (tiriyā) (Influenced by Sanskrit)
• Proto-Iranian: *stríH
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬯𐬙𐬭𐬍 (strī)
  • Eastern Iranian:
    • Khotanese: 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀭𑀺𑀬𑀸 (striyā)
    • Ossetian: силӕ (silæ)
    • Sogdian: (/⁠(ə)strīč⁠/, “female; woman”)

      Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫘𐫤𐫡𐫏𐫝 (ʾstryc), 𐫘𐫤𐫡𐫏𐫝 (stryc)

      Sogdian script: 𐼼𐽂𐽀𐼷𐼿 (ʾstʾyrch)

      Syriac script: ܣܬܪܝܨ (stryc)

    • Pashto: ښځه (ẍëźa) (<*stríH-čī), سړۍ (saṛǝy, “woman; wife; lady”) (Perhaps)
    • Shughni: (štā, “daughter, girl”), (štākak) (>*stríH-āk-akaH)
  • Western Iranian:
    • Kurdish:

      Northern Kurdish: stî (“lady, madam”)

      • → Persian: ست (set, “lady; woman”), ستی (setī, “O Woman!, O Lady!”) (Perhaps)
        • → Arabic: ستي (sittay, “O Lady!”)
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠srīgar⁠/, “female”)

      Manichaean script: 𐫘𐫡𐫏𐫃𐫡 (srygr), 𐫘𐫡𐫏𐫏𐫃𐫡 (sryygr)

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