मेण्ढ्र
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মেণ্ঢ্ৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬾᬡ᭄ᬠ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- মেণ্ঢ্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰜𑰿𑰛𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀡𑁆𑀠𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- မေဏ္ဎြ (Burmese script)
- મેણ્ઢ્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਣ੍ਢ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌣𑍍𑌢𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦟ꧀ꦞꦿ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂵𑂝𑂹𑂛𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೇಣ್ಢ್ರ (Kannada script)
- មេណ្ឍ្រ (Khmer script)
- ເມຓ຺ຒ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- മേണ്ഢ്ര (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡝᢏᢟᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘜𑘿𑘛𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᢏᢎᠾᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑦼𑧠𑦻𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐞𑑂𑐝𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ମେଣ୍ଢ୍ର (Odia script)
- ꢪꢾꢠ꣄ꢟ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆟𑇀𑆞𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖜𑖿𑖛𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- මෙණ්ඪ්ර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩔𑩪 𑪙𑩩 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚲𑚘𑚶𑚗𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
- மேண்ட்⁴ர (Tamil script)
- మేణ్ఢ్ర (Telugu script)
- เมณฺฒฺร (Thai script)
- མེ་ཎྜྷྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒝𑓂𑒜𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨄𑨘𑩇𑨗𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Along with the related भेड्र (bheḍra, “ram”), a substrate borrowing.[1][2]
The "penis" sense may come from a phonetic collision and conflation with मेढ्र (meḍhra, “penis (organ of urination)”).[3]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐjɳ.ɖʱɾɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /meːɳ.ɖʱɾɐ/
Noun
मेण्ढ्र • (meṇḍhra) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मेण्ढ्रः (meṇḍhraḥ) | मेण्ढ्रौ (meṇḍhrau) मेण्ढ्रा¹ (meṇḍhrā¹) |
मेण्ढ्राः (meṇḍhrāḥ) मेण्ढ्रासः¹ (meṇḍhrāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | मेण्ढ्रम् (meṇḍhram) | मेण्ढ्रौ (meṇḍhrau) मेण्ढ्रा¹ (meṇḍhrā¹) |
मेण्ढ्रान् (meṇḍhrān) |
| instrumental | मेण्ढ्रेण (meṇḍhreṇa) | मेण्ढ्राभ्याम् (meṇḍhrābhyām) | मेण्ढ्रैः (meṇḍhraiḥ) मेण्ढ्रेभिः¹ (meṇḍhrebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मेण्ढ्राय (meṇḍhrāya) | मेण्ढ्राभ्याम् (meṇḍhrābhyām) | मेण्ढ्रेभ्यः (meṇḍhrebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मेण्ढ्रात् (meṇḍhrāt) | मेण्ढ्राभ्याम् (meṇḍhrābhyām) | मेण्ढ्रेभ्यः (meṇḍhrebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मेण्ढ्रस्य (meṇḍhrasya) | मेण्ढ्रयोः (meṇḍhrayoḥ) | मेण्ढ्राणाम् (meṇḍhrāṇām) |
| locative | मेण्ढ्रे (meṇḍhre) | मेण्ढ्रयोः (meṇḍhrayoḥ) | मेण्ढ्रेषु (meṇḍhreṣu) |
| vocative | मेण्ढ्र (meṇḍhra) | मेण्ढ्रौ (meṇḍhrau) मेण्ढ्रा¹ (meṇḍhrā¹) |
मेण्ढ्राः (meṇḍhrāḥ) मेण्ढ्रासः¹ (meṇḍhrāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मेण्ढ्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 832/2.
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 415
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 682
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhēḍra-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press