-त्री

Borrowed from Sanskrit -त्री (-trī), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-triH, from Proto-Indo-European *-trih₂, a feminine derivative from *-tḗr. Equivalent to -ता (-tā, agent noun suffix) +‎ -ई (-ī, feminine suffix). Compare Latin -trīx and Ancient Greek -τρια (-tria).

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɾiː/

-त्री • (-trī)

1. forms feminine equivalents from agent nouns ending in -ता (-tā); -trix, -ess, -ress

   ‎अभिनेता (abhinetā, “actor”) + ‎-त्री (-trī) → ‎अभिनेत्री (actress)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “-त्री”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press