स्तरी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্তৰী (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬢᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
• স্তরী (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• သ္တရီ (Burmese script)
• સ્તરી (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਤਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦠꦫꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ತರೀ (Kannada script)
• ស្តរី (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ຕຣີ (Lao script)
• സ്തരീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᢠᠠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢐᠠᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ତରୀ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢡꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්තරී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
• ஸ்தரீ (Tamil script)
• స్తరీ (Telugu script)
• สฺตรี (Thai script)
• སྟ་རཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ster-íh₂s, from *ster- (“sterile, barren”). Cognate with Latin sterīlis, Ancient Greek στεῖρα (steîra, “barren woman; cow that has not calved”), Old Armenian ստերջ (sterǰ, “sterile”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /stɐ.ɾíː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪t̪ɐ.ɾiː/

Noun

स्तरी • (starī́) stem, f

1. a barren cow
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.116.23:

     शरस्य चिदार्चत्कस्यावतादा नीचादुच्चा चक्रथुः पातवे वाः ।
     शयवे चिन्नासत्या शचीभिर्जसुरये स्तर्यम् पिप्यथुर्गाम् ॥

     śarasya cidārcatkasyāvatādā nīcāduccā cakrathuḥ pātave vāḥ.
     śayave cinnāsatyā śacībhirjasuraye staryam pipyathurgām.

     From the deep well ye raised on high the water, so that Ṛcatka's son, Sara, should drink it;
     And with your might, to help the weary Śayu, ye made the barren cow yield milk, Nāsatyas.

2. (with रात्रि (rātri)) a night passed in vain
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of स्तरी (starī́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्तरीः starī́ḥ	- -	स्तर्यः staryàḥ
Vocative	- -	- -	- -
Accusative	स्तर्यम् staryàm	- -	- -
Instrumental	- -	- -	- -
Dative	- -	- -	- -
Ablative	- -	- -	- -
Genitive	- -	- -	- -
Locative	- -	- -	- -

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्तरी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1258/3.