Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese estirar.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪs.t̪ɾiː/, /ɪs.t̪ə.ɾiː/, /ɪs.t̪ɪ.ɾiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: اِسْ‧ترْی
Noun
اِسْتْری or اِسْتَری • (istrī or istarī) f (Hindi spelling इस्त्री or इस्तरी)
- iron, clothes iron
Declension
Declension of استری
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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استری (istrī)
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استرِیاں (istriyā̃)
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| oblique
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استری (istrī)
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استرِیوں (istriyō̃)
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| vocative
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استری (istrī)
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استرِیو (istriyō)
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Descendants
- → Kashmiri: اِستٔرۍ (istạr')
- → Malayalam: ഇസ്ത്രി (istri)
- → Pashto: استري
- → Tamil: இஸ்திரி (istiri)
References
- “استری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “استری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.