# स्त्री
## Hindi
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /st̪ɾiː/

### Noun

स्त्री • (strī) f (Urdu spelling ستری or استری)
* woman
    Synonyms: औरत (aurat), नारी (nārī), महिला (mahilā)
* wife
    Synonyms: पत्नी (patnī), बीवी (bīvī)

#### Derived terms

* स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅg, “feminine gender (grammar)”)

#### Related terms

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

## Marathi
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /st̪ɾi/, [st̪ɾiː]

### Noun

स्त्री • (strī) f
* woman
    Synonym: बाई (bāī)
* (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
* woman
* wife
** 1782, मतिसार, शालिभद्रचरित :शालभद्र एकेक स्त्री दिनप्रतै तेजै छैŚālabhādra gives up one wife per day

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* স্ত্ৰী (Assamese script)
* ᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
* স্ত্রী (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
* သ္တြီ (Burmese script)
* સ્ત્રી (Gujarati script)
* ਸ੍ਤ੍ਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
* ꦱ꧀ꦠꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂹𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
* ಸ್ತ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
* ស្ត្រី (Khmer script)
* ສ຺ຕ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
* സ്ത്രീ (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᢠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
* ᠰᢐᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
* ସ୍ତ୍ରୀ (Odia script)
* ꢱ꣄ꢡ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
* ස‍්ත්‍රී (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁 𑪙𑩫 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚶𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
* ஸ்த்ரீ (Tamil script)
* స్త్రీ (Telugu script)
* สฺตฺรี (Thai script)
* སྟྲཱི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑩇𑨙𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *stríH (“woman”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬭𐬍 (strī, “woman”), Pashto ښځه (ẍëźa, “woman”), Sogdian 𐼼𐽂𐽀𐼷𐼿 (stryc), Ossetian силӕ (silæ).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /stɾíː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪t̪ɾiː/

### Noun

स्त्री • (strī́) stem, f
* a woman, female
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.30.09:स्त्रियो हि दास आयुधानि चक्रे किं मा करन्नबला अस्य सेनाः।stríyo hí dāsá ā́yudhāni cakré kím mā karannabalā́ asya sénāḥ.The Dāsa hath taken women, for weapons, what harm can his feeble armies do to me?
* wife
* the female of any animal
    शाखामृगस्त्री ― śākhā-mṛga-strī ― a female monkey
** c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
* (grammar) the feminine gender
* a kind of metre

#### Declension

* ¹Later Sanskrit
* ²Brāhmaṇas

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kalasha: istríža
** Kashmiri: ترٕٛے
* Gandhari: 𐨀𐨁𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨁 (istri)
* Pali: itthi
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (itthī)
** Hindi: तिय (tiya)
** Marwari: तिरिया (tiriyā) (Influenced by Sanskrit)

#### Borrowed terms

* → Bengali: স্ত্রী (stri)
* → Gujarati: સ્ત્રી (strī)
* → Hindi: स्त्री (strī)
* → Urdu: ستری
* → Kannada: ಸ್ತ್ರೀ (strī)
* → Khmer: ស្ត្រី (strəy), ស្រី (srəy), សត្រី (sattrəy)
* → Malay: isteri
** → Indonesian: istri
* → Old Javanese: strī
** Javanese: ꦲꦺꦱ꧀ꦠꦿꦶ (éstri)
** → Balinese: ᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭᬷ (stri) → ᬳᬶᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭᬷ, ᬇᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭᬷ (istri).
* → Odia: ସ୍ତ୍ରୀ (stri)
* → Malayalam: സ്ത്രീ (strī)
* → Marathi: स्त्री (strī)
** → Konkani: ostori
* → Sinhalese: ස්ත්රී (strī)
* → Marwari: अस्त्री (astrī),
* → Telugu: స్త్రీ (strī)
* → Thai: สตรี (sà-dtrii)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “स्त्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1260/3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 763
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 522-3