(p. 1030) strī a wife; a married woman; a woman. a. (used as a pfx.) female, she- (স্ত্রী-পশু). স্ত্রী-আচার n. traditional rites performed at a wedding by women whose husbands are alive. ̃গমন n. sexual intercourse with one's wife or any other woman. ̃চরিত্র n. the nature and propensity of womankind, woman's nature. ̃চিহ্ন n. the vagina. ̃জন্ম n. birth as a woman. ̃জাতি n. womankind, the female sex, the fair sex. ̃জাতীয় a. feminine, female; feminal. ̃ত্ব n. womanly function and duties; womanly marks on one's person; womanhood; femineity, femininity. ̃ত্যাগ করা v. to desert or divorce a wife. ̃দ্বেষী a. misogynous, misogynistical. n. a misogynist. ̃ধন n. a woman's personal property; a dowry; a portion, dot. ̃ধর্ম n. menstruation, menses; womanly duties. স্ত্রী পরিগ্রহ করা v. to take a wife, to marry, to wive. ̃পুরুষ n. a man and a woman, male and female; husband and wife, man and wife, a couple. ̃প্রত্যয় n. (gr.) any inflection (used as a suffix) denoting feminine gender. ̃বশ a. uxorious, henpecked, ̃বুদ্ধি n. (usu. unwise) counsel of a woman. ̃মুর্তি n. a female figure. ̃রত্ন n. a jewel of a woman or wife. ̃রোগ n. a female disease. ̃রোগ সম্বন্ধীয় a. gynaecological. ̃রোগ বিশেষজ্ঞ n. a gynaecologist; a specialist in female diseases. ̃লক্ষণ n. any one of the characteristic signs of a female body. ̃লিঙ্গ n. (gr.) the feminine gender. ̃লোক n. a woman. ̃শিক্ষা n. female education. ̃সংসর্গ, ̃সহবাস same as ̃স্ত্রীগমন । সুলভ a. womanly, feminine; womanish, effeminate. ̃স্বভাব n. womanly nature; effeminacy. ̃স্বাধীনতা n. freedom of women; female emancipation; (cp.) women's lib. ̃হত্যা n. murder of a wife or any woman. ̃হরণ n. abduction of women esp. for immoral purposes. 30)
