# स्थिर
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्थिर (sthira). Doublet of ठिर (ṭhir).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /st̪ʰɪɾ/

### Adjective

स्थिर • (sthir) (indeclinable)
* stable, steady
    Synonyms: पक्का (pakkā), निश्चल (niścal)
    स्थिर देश ― sthir deś ― stable nation
    स्थिर इलाक़ा ― sthir ilāqā ― stable region
    स्थिर रखना ― sthir rakhnā ― to keep stable
    स्थिर ब्याज दर ― sthir byāj dar ― stable interest rates

#### Related terms

* अस्थिर (asthir)
* स्थिरता (sthirtā)

### Further reading

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “स्थिर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्थिर (sthira).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /st̪ʰiɾ/, [st̪ʰiːɾ]

### Adjective

स्थिर • (sthir)
* steady, stable, silent
    Synonym: शांत (śānta)
* still (in case of water)

#### Related terms

* अस्थिर (unstable)
* स्थिरता (stability)
* स्थिरावणे (to become stable)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* স্থিৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬲ᭄ᬣᬶᬭ (Balinese script)
* স্থির (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰿𑰞𑰰𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* သ္ထိရ (Burmese script)
* સ્થિર (Gujarati script)
* ਸ੍ਥਿਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦱ꧀ꦡꦶꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂹𑂟𑂱𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಸ್ಥಿರ (Kannada script)
* ស្ថិរ (Khmer script)
* ສ຺ຖິຣ (Lao script)
* സ്ഥിര (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᡨᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘿𑘞𑘱𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠲᠢᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧠𑦾𑧒𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑑂𑐠𑐶𑐬 (Newa script)
* ସ୍ଥିର (Odia script)
* ꢱ꣄ꢢꢶꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑇀𑆡𑆴𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖿𑖞𑖰𑖨 (Siddham script)
* ස‍්ථිර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁 𑪙𑩬𑩑𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚶𑚚𑚮𑚤 (Takri script)
* ஸ்தி²ர (Tamil script)
* స్థిర (Telugu script)
* สฺถิร (Thai script)
* སྠི་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑓂𑒟𑒱𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑩇𑨚𑨁𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *stHrás, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂rós. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *stàrъ, Proto-Germanic *stōraz, Lithuanian stóras, Albanian stër-, Ossetian стыр (styr), Pashto ستر (stër).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /stʰi.ɾɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪t̪ʰi.ɾɐ/

### Adjective

स्थिर • (sthirá) stem (root स्था)
* stable; constant; still
* dependable; trustworthy
* faithful
* still
* firm; steadfast
* sure; certain
* ascertained
* permanent
* durable; lasting
* determined
* solid
* compact
* stern
* hard-hearted
* hard
* settled; agreed; resolved
* serene; calm
* fixed
* motionless
* secret

#### Derived terms

* अस्थिर (asthira)
* युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira)
* स्थिरजङ्गम (sthirajaṅgama)
* स्थिरजीवित (sthirajīvita)
* स्थिरता (sthiratā)
* स्थिरत्व (sthiratva)
* स्थिरदृष्टि (sthiradṛṣṭi)
* स्थिरधी (sthiradhī)
* स्थिरबुद्धि (sthirabuddhi)
* स्थिरवाच् (sthiravāc)
* स्थिरा (sthirā)
* स्थेष्ठ (stheṣṭha)
* स्थैर्य (sthairya)

#### Related terms

* स्थिरति (sthirati)

#### Descendants

* Assamese: থিৰ (thir)
* Hindi: ठिर (ṭhir)
** ⇒ Hindi: ठिरना (ṭhirnā)
*** ⇒ Hindi: ठिठुरना (ṭhiṭhurnā), ठिठरना (ṭhiṭharnā)
* Magahi: 𑂃𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂱𑂩 (astir)
* → Assamese: স্থিৰ (sthir)
* → Gujarati: સ્થિર (sthir)
* → Hindi: स्थिर (sthir)
* → Khmer: ស្ថិរ (stheraʼ)
* → Old Tamil: 𑀢𑀺𑀶𑀫𑁆 (tiṟam)
** Tamil: திரம் (tiram)
** Malayalam: തിറം (tiṟaṁ)
* → Telugu: స్థిరము (sthiramu)

### Noun

स्थिर • (sthira) stem, m
* the earth
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भू
* Desmodium gangeticum
* a kind of metre

#### Declension
### Noun

स्थिर • (sthira) stem, n
* stubbornness
* steadfastness
* resistance

#### Declension
### References

* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “स्थिर”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1724
* Monier Williams (1899) “स्थिर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1264, column 3.