तृ

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /tŕ̩/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪r̩/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstā́

Sanskrit स्तृ (stṛ)

Sanskrit तृ

From स्तृ (stṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstā́, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr, from *h₂eHs- + *-tḗr. Cognates include Latin stella, Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) and Old English steorra (modern English star). See also स्तृ (stṛ́), तारा (tārā).

Alternative forms

स्तृ (stṛ́)

Noun

तृ • (tṛ́) stem, f

(Vedic) a star
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.55.2:
  शतं श्वेतास उक्षणो दिवि तारो न रोचन्ते ।
  śataṃ śvetāsa ukṣaṇo divi tāro na rocante.
  One hundred white bulls shine like the stars in the sky.

Declension

Feminine ṛ-stem declension of तृ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ता (tā́)	तारौ॑ (tā́rau) तारा॑¹ (tā́rā¹)	तारः॑ (tā́raḥ)
accusative	तार॑म् (tā́ram)	तारौ॑ (tā́rau) तारा॑¹ (tā́rā¹)	तॄः (tṝ́ḥ)
instrumental	त्रा (trā́)	तृभ्या॑म् (tṛ́bhyām)	तृभिः॑ (tṛ́bhiḥ)
dative	त्रे (tré)	तृभ्या॑म् (tṛ́bhyām)	तृभ्यः॑ (tṛ́bhyaḥ)
ablative	तुः (túḥ)	तृभ्या॑म् (tṛ́bhyām)	तृभ्यः॑ (tṛ́bhyaḥ)
genitive	तुः (túḥ)	त्रोः (tróḥ)	तॄ॒णाम् (tṝṇā́m)
locative	तरि॑ (tári)	त्रोः (tróḥ)	तृषु॑ (tṛ́ṣu)
vocative	तः (táḥ)	तारौ॑ (tā́rau) तारा॑¹ (tā́rā¹)	तारः॑ (tā́raḥ)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

तृभि (tṛ́bhi, “ray”) (backformed from instr.pl.)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “तृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 453, column 1.

Etymology 2

Root

तृ • (tṛ)

alternative form of तॄ (tṝ)