استري

Sindhi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Gujarati ઇસ્ત્રી (istrī), Konkani इस्त्री (istrī), Marathi इस्त्री (istrī), or Urdu اِسْتْری (istrī), from Portuguese estirar (“to stretch”).[1]

Noun

اِسْتَرِي • (istarī) f

  1. clothes iron, flatiron
Descendants
  • → Baluchi: اِستِری

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit स्त्री (strī).

Noun

اِسْتَرِي • (istarī) f

  1. woman
  2. wife

References

  1. ^ Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocabulario Português em Línguas Asiáticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 151, column 1

Further reading

  • Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “استري”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
  • “استري”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938
  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “استري”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
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