Hyphenation
a·strayTurkish pronunciation
ıstreySynonyms
adrift,
afield,
amiss,
awry,
gone,
lost,
off,
off course,
off the mark,
roaming,
straying,
vanished,
wandering,
wrongPronunciation
/əˈstrā/ /əˈstreɪ/
Etymology
[ &-'strA ] (adverb or adjective.) 14th century. From Middle English astraien or by apheresis straien Old French estraier (“to stray”) Medieval Latin of extravagari (“to wander beyond”) Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagari (“to wander, stray”). in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911