मेढ्र
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মেঢ্ৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬾᬠ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- মেঢ্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰛𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀠𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- မေဎြ (Burmese script)
- મેઢ્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਢ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌢𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦞꦿ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂵𑂛𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೇಢ್ರ (Kannada script)
- មេឍ្រ (Khmer script)
- ເມຒ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- മേഢ്ര (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡝᢟᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘛𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᢎᠾᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑦻𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐝𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ମେଢ୍ର (Odia script)
- ꢪꢾꢟ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆞𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖛𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- මෙඪ්ර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩔𑩩 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚲𑚗𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
- மேட்⁴ர (Tamil script)
- మేఢ్ర (Telugu script)
- เมฒฺร (Thai script)
- མེ་ཌྷྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒜𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨄𑨗𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hmáyẓḍʰram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmáyždʰram, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃méyǵʰ-tro-m, from *h₃meyǵʰ- (“to urinate”) + *-trom (suffix denoting a tool or an instrument for an action). The Sanskrit root is मिह् (mih, “to urinate”).
The "ram" sense is likely from a collision and conflation with भेड्र (bheḍra, “ram”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ́jɖʱ.ɾɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /meːɖʱ.ɾɐ/
Noun
मेढ्र • (méḍhra) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मेढ्रम् (méḍhram) | मेढ्रे (méḍhre) | मेढ्राणि (méḍhrāṇi) मेढ्रा¹ (méḍhrā¹) |
| accusative | मेढ्रम् (méḍhram) | मेढ्रे (méḍhre) | मेढ्राणि (méḍhrāṇi) मेढ्रा¹ (méḍhrā¹) |
| instrumental | मेढ्रेण (méḍhreṇa) | मेढ्राभ्याम् (méḍhrābhyām) | मेढ्रैः (méḍhraiḥ) मेढ्रेभिः¹ (méḍhrebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मेढ्राय (méḍhrāya) | मेढ्राभ्याम् (méḍhrābhyām) | मेढ्रेभ्यः (méḍhrebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मेढ्रात् (méḍhrāt) | मेढ्राभ्याम् (méḍhrābhyām) | मेढ्रेभ्यः (méḍhrebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मेढ्रस्य (méḍhrasya) | मेढ्रयोः (méḍhrayoḥ) | मेढ्राणाम् (méḍhrāṇām) |
| locative | मेढ्रे (méḍhre) | मेढ्रयोः (méḍhrayoḥ) | मेढ्रेषु (méḍhreṣu) |
| vocative | मेढ्र (méḍhra) | मेढ्रे (méḍhre) | मेढ्राणि (méḍhrāṇi) मेढ्रा¹ (méḍhrā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Telugu: మేఢ్రము (mēḍhramu)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मेढ्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 832/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 375; 381
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “méḍhra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press