istrī

Ashkun

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nuristani *ċriti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćritíš, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to incline, lean, slope”).[1]

Noun

istrī́ (Sanu)[2]

  1. ladder

References

  1. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2022). Advances in the historical phonology of the Nuristani languages, in "International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction 19", page 128
  2. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “istrʹiː”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[1]

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stríH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to incline, lean, slope”).[1]

Noun

istrī́ (Sanu)[2]

  1. woman
  2. wife

References

  1. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2025). The Diversification of Indo-Iranian and the Position of the Nuristani Languages. Wiesbaden: Reichert.
  2. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “istrʹiː”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[2]
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