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.

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”).^[1]

*stríH f^[2]

1. a woman

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *stríH
  • Sanskrit: स्त्री (strī́)
    • Dardic:
      • Kalasha: istríža
      • Kashmiri: ترٕٛے
    • Gandhari: 𐨀𐨁𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨁 (istri)
    • Pali: itthi
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (itthī)
      • Hindi: तिय (tiya)
      • Marwari: तिरिया (tiriyā) (Influenced by Sanskrit)
• Proto-Iranian: *stríH
  • Central Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬯𐬙𐬭𐬍 (strī)
  • Eastern Iranian:
    • Khotanese: 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀭𑀺𑀬𑀸 (striyā)
    • Digor Ossetian: силӕ (silæ)
    • Iron Ossetian: сыл (syl)
    • 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)