स्तॄ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬲ᭄ᬢᬻ (Balinese script)
- স্তৄ (Assamese script)
- স্তৄ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰵 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀿 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍄 (Grantha script)
- સ્તૄ (Gujarati script)
- ਸੑਤୄ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦠꦽꦴ (Javanese script)
- ស្ត្ឬ (Khmer script)
- ಸ್ತೄ (Kannada script)
- ສ຺ຕ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
- സ്തൄ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘶 (Modi script)
- ᠰᢐᠷᢈᢈ (Mongolian script)
- ᠰᢠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- သ္တၗ (Burmese script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧗 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐻 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ତୄ (Oriya script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢡꢻ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆹 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖵 (Siddham script)
- ස්තෲ (Sinhalese script)
- స్తౄ (Telugu script)
- สฺตฺฤๅ (Thai script)
- སྟྲཱྀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒶 (Tirhuta 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(key): /str̩ː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /s̪t̪r̩ː/
Root
स्तॄ • (stṝ)
- to spread, spread out, scatter, strew
Alternative forms
- स्तृ (stṛ)
Derived terms
- स्तृणोति (stṛṇóti)
- स्तृणाति (stṛṇā́ti)
- स्तीर्ण (stīrṇá)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “स्तॄ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1260.
- 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
- Mallory, J. P.; 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, pages 599
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1029