स्त्री

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

• IPA^(key): /st̪ɾiː/

स्त्री • (strī) f (Urdu spelling ستری‎)

1. woman

   Synonyms: औरत (aurat), नारी (nārī), महिला (mahilā)

2. wife

   Synonyms: पत्नी (patnī), बीवी (bīvī)

• स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅg, “feminine gender”)

• स्त्रीता (strītā)
• स्त्रीत्व (strītva)
• स्त्रैण (straiṇ)

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्त्री (strī́)

स्त्री (transliteration needed) f

1. woman
2. wife
   • 1782, मतिसार, शालिभद्रचरित :

     शालभद्र एकेक स्त्री दिनप्रतै तेजै छै

     Śālabhādra gives up one wife per day

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *stríH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stríH. Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬭𐬍‎ (strī), Khotanese 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀭𑀺𑀬𑀸 (striyā), Sogdian 𐼼𐽂𐽀𐼷𐼿‎ (stryc), Ossetian silæ.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪ɽíː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪ɽiː/

स्त्री • (strī́) f

1. a woman, female, wife
2. the female of any animal

   शाखामृगस्त्री (śākhā-mṛga-strī) — a female monkey

3. a white ant
4. the प्रियङ्गु (priyaṅgu) plant
5. (grammar) the feminine gender
6. a kind of metre

• Gandhari: 𐨀𐨁𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨁‎ (istri)
• → Bengali: স্ত্রী (strī)
• → Gujarati: સ્ત્રી (strī)
• → Hindi: स्त्री (strī)
• → Indonesian: istri
• → Kannada: ಸ್ತ್ರೀ (strī)
• → Khmer: ស្ត្រី (strəy), ស្រី (srəy)
• → Malay: isteri
• → Malayalam: സ്ത്രീ (strī)
• → Marathi: स्त्री (strī)
• Rajasthani: अस्त्री (astrī), तिरिया (tiriyā)
• → Telugu: స్త్రీ (strī)
• → Thai: สตรี (sà-dtrii)
• → Urdu: ستری‎ (strī)