स्तृ

See also: सत्, सूत, and सेतु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

স্তৃ (Assamese script)
ᬲ᭄ᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
স্তৃ (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
သ္တၖ (Burmese script)
સ્તૃ (Gujarati script)
ਸ੍ਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
ꦱ꧀ꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂹𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
ಸ್ತೃ (Kannada script)
ស្ត្ឫ (Khmer script)
ສ຺ຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
സ്തൃ (Malayalam script)
ᠰᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
ᠰᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
ସ୍ତୃ (Odia script)
ꢱ꣄ꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
ස‍්තෘ (Sinhalese script)
𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
ஸ்த்ரி (Tamil script)
స్తృ (Telugu script)
สฺตฺฤ (Thai script)
སྟྲྀ (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /stŕ̩/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪r̩/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstā́

Sanskrit स्तृ

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstā́ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭 (star), Latin stella, Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr), Old English steorra (English star).^[1]

Noun

स्तृ • (stṛ́) stem, f (Vedic)

a star
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.87.1:
  जुष्टतमासो नृतमासो अञ्जिभिर्व्यानज्रे के चिदुस्रा इव स्तृभिः ॥
  juṣṭatamāso nṛtamāso añjibhirvyānajre ke cidusrā iva stṛbhiḥ.
  They have displayed themselves with glittering ornaments, a few in number only, like the heavens with stars.

Declension

Feminine ṛ-stem declension of स्तृ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	स्ता (stā́)	स्तारौ॑ (stā́rau) स्तारा॑¹ (stā́rā¹)	स्तारः॑ (stā́raḥ)
accusative	स्तार॑म् (stā́ram)	स्तारौ॑ (stā́rau) स्तारा॑¹ (stā́rā¹)	स्तॄः (stṝ́ḥ)
instrumental	स्त्रा (strā́)	स्तृभ्या॑म् (stṛ́bhyām)	स्तृभिः॑ (stṛ́bhiḥ)
dative	स्त्रे (stré)	स्तृभ्या॑म् (stṛ́bhyām)	स्तृभ्यः॑ (stṛ́bhyaḥ)
ablative	स्तुः (stúḥ)	स्तृभ्या॑म् (stṛ́bhyām)	स्तृभ्यः॑ (stṛ́bhyaḥ)
genitive	स्तुः (stúḥ)	स्त्रोः (stróḥ)	स्तॄ॒णाम् (stṝṇā́m)
locative	स्तरि॑ (stári)	स्त्रोः (stróḥ)	स्तृषु॑ (stṛ́ṣu)
vocative	स्तः (stáḥ)	स्तारौ॑ (stā́rau) स्तारा॑¹ (stā́rā¹)	स्तारः॑ (stā́raḥ)

¹Vedic

Related terms

तृ (tṛ́)
तारा (tārā)

Descendants

Khowar: استاری (istári)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “stár-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 755

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899), “स्तृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1260, column 2.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Root

स्तृ • (stṛ)

alternative form of स्तॄ (stṝ)