स्तरी

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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स्तरी (starī́) stemf

  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

Declension

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Feminine ī-stem declension of स्तरी (starī́)
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Nominative स्तरीः
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Accusative स्तर्यम्
staryàm
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