# स्तॄ
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* स्तृ (stṛ), स्तर् (star)

### Alternative scripts

* স্তৄ (Assamese script)
* ᬲ᭄ᬢᬻ (Balinese script)
* স্তৄ (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰵 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀿 (Brahmi script)
* သ္တၗ (Burmese script)
* સ્તૄ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ੍ਤୄ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍄 (Grantha script)
* ꦱ꧀ꦠꦽꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಸ್ತೄ (Kannada script)
* ស្ត្ឬ (Khmer script)
* ສ຺ຕ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
* സ്തൄ (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᢠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘶 (Modi script)
* ᠰᢐᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧗 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐻 (Newa script)
* ସ୍ତୄ (Odia script)
* ꢱ꣄ꢡꢻ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆹 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖵 (Siddham script)
* ස‍්තෲ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩙𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
* ஸ்த்ரி (Tamil script)
* స్తౄ (Telugu script)
* สฺตฺฤๅ (Thai script)
* སྟྲཱྀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒶 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨼𑨉𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread, stretch, extend”), an extension of *ster- (“spread”). Cognate with Ancient Greek στόρνῡμι (stórnūmi, “spread”), Latin sternō (“spread”), Proto-Slavic *stornà (“side, land”), *stérti (“to extend”); English strew.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /str̩ː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪t̪r̩ː/

### Root

स्तॄ • (stṝ)
* to spread, spread out, scatter, strew

#### Derived terms

* स्तृणाति (stṛṇā́ti, Present)
* स्तृणोति (stṛṇóti, Present)
* स्तरति (starati, Present)
* स्तरिष्यति (stariṣyati, Future)
* स्तर्ता (startā, Periphrastic Future)
* अस्तरीत् (ástarīt, Aorist)
* अस्तर् (ástar, Aorist)
* अस्तार्षीत् (astārṣīt, Aorist)
* स्तर्यात् (staryāt, Benedictive)
* स्तीर्यात् (stīryāt, Benedictive)
* स्तरिषीष्ट (stariṣīṣṭa, Benedictive)
* स्तीर्षीष्ट (stīrṣīṣṭa, Benedictive)
* तस्तार (tastāra, Perfect)
* तिस्तिरे (tistiré, Perfect)
* स्तीर्यते (stīryate, Passive)
* स्त्रियते (striyáte, Passive)
* स्तर्यते (staryate, Passive)
* अस्तारि (ástāri, Passive Aorist)
* स्तारयति (stārayati, Causative)
* अतस्तरत् (atastarat, Causative Aorist)
* तिस्तीर्षते (tistīrṣate, Desiderative)
* तुस्तूर्षते (tústūrṣate, Desiderative)
* तिस्तरीषति (tistarīṣati, Desiderative)
* तास्तर्यते (tāstaryate, Intensive)
* तेस्तीर्यते (testīryate, Intensive)
* तास्तर्ति (tāstarti, Intensive)
* स्तीर्ण (stīrṇá, Past Participle)
* स्तृत (stṛta, Past Participle)
* स्तर्तुम् (startum, Infinitive)
* स्तरीतुम् (starītum, Infinitive)
* स्तर्तवे (stártave, Infinitive)
* स्तर्तवै (startavai, Infinitive)
* स्तरितवै (staritavai, Infinitive)
* स्तरीतवे (stárītave, Infinitive)
* स्तरीतवै (starītavái, Infinitive)
* स्तृणीषणि (stṛṇīṣáṇi, Infinitive)
* स्तृत्वा (stṛtvā́, Gerund)
* स्तीर्त्वा (stīrtvā́, Gerund)
* स्तृत्य (stṛ́tya, Gerundive)
* उपस्तिर् (upastír)
* स्तर (stara)
* स्तरण (stáraṇa)
* स्तरितृ (staritṛ)
* स्तरीमन् (stárīman)
* स्तृति (stṛ́ti)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “स्तॄ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1260, column 1.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 193
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्तॄ”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “STAR”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 755
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “STAR$^I$”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 756-757
* Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 388
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 599
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ster-, sterə-:strē-, steru-:streu- 'ausbreiten, ausstreuen'”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1029-1030