Where does “శ్రీమతి” come from?
శ్రీమతి (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit श्रीमत्, from Sanskrit श्री, from Sanskrit नगर, from Sanskrit गर, from Sanskrit गुरु, from Proto-Indo-Aryan gr̥Húṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gr̥Húš, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.
శ్రీమతి (Telugu): wife; A prefix used before the proper name of...
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- wife; A prefix used before the proper name of...
Ancestry of “శ్రీమతి”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | श्रीमत् | beautiful, charming, lovely, pleasant, splendid,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | श्री | diffusing light or radiance, splendid, radiant,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | नगर | town, city; urban |
| 4 | Sanskrit | गर | mountain, top |
| 5 | Sanskrit | गुरु | heavy, weighty; heavy in the stomach , difficult... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | gr̥Húṣ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | gr̥Húš | heavy |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |