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

Noun

स्त्री • (strī) f (Urdu spelling ستری or استری)

  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

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘲 (strī), 𑘀𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘳𑘨𑘲 (asturī), 𑘀𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘲 (astrī), from Sanskrit स्त्री (strī).

Pronunciation

Noun

स्त्री • (strī) f

  1. woman
    Synonym: बाई (bāī)
  2. (dated) wife
    Synonyms: बायको (bāyko), पत्नी (patnī)

References

  • 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

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. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.30.9:
        स्त्रियो॒ हि दा॒स आयु॑धानि च॒क्रे किं मा॑ करन्नब॒ला अ॑स्य॒ सेनाः॑ ।
        stríyo hí dāsá ā́yudhāni cakré kíṃ 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
    singular dual plural
    nominative स्त्री (strī́) स्त्रियौ (stríyau) स्त्रियः (stríyaḥ)
    accusative स्त्रियम् (stríyam) स्त्रियौ (stríyau) स्त्रियः (stríyaḥ)
    instrumental स्त्रिया (striyā́) स्त्रीभ्याम् (strībhyā́m) स्त्रीभिः (strībhíḥ)
    dative स्त्रिये (striyé)
    स्त्रियै¹ (striyaí¹)     		स्त्रीभ्याम् (strībhyā́m) स्त्रीभ्यः (strībhyáḥ)
    ablative स्त्रियः (striyáḥ)
    स्त्रियाः¹ (striyā́ḥ¹)
    स्त्रियै² (striyaí²)     		स्त्रीभ्याम् (strībhyā́m) स्त्रीभ्यः (strībhyáḥ)
    genitive स्त्रियः (striyáḥ)
    स्त्रियाः¹ (striyā́ḥ¹)
    स्त्रियै² (striyaí²)     		स्त्रियोः (striyóḥ) स्त्रियाम् (striyā́m)
    स्त्रीणाम्¹ (strīṇā́m¹)
    locative स्त्रियि (striyí)
    स्त्रियाम्¹ (striyā́m¹)     		स्त्रियोः (striyóḥ) स्त्रीषु (strīṣú)
    vocative स्त्रीः (strī́ḥ) स्त्रियौ (stríyau) स्त्रियः (stríyaḥ)
    • 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, column 3.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen ‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 763
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen ‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 522-3
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