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strī

strī́ f. (perhaps for sūtrī, or sotrī, ‘bearer of children’, fr. √ 2. sū; accord. to some connected with Lat. sator; nom. strī́; acc. in later language also strīm and strīs pl.) a woman, female, wife, [RV.] &c. &c.

the female of any animal (e.g. śākhā-mṛga-strī, ‘a female monkey’), [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]

a white ant, [L.]

the Priyaṅgu plant, [L.]

(in gram.) the feminine gender, [Nir.]; [ŚBr.] &c.

a kind of metre, [Col.]