मैथुन

See also: मिथुन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मैथुन (maithuna).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mɛː.t̪ʰʊn/, [mɛː.t̪ʰʊ̃n]

Noun

मैथुन • (maithunm (Urdu spelling میتھن)

  1. sex; sexual intercourse
  2. coitus
  3. copulation
  4. union
  5. pairing

Declension

Declension of मैथुन (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct मैथुन
maithun
मैथुन
maithun
oblique मैथुन
maithun
मैथुनों
maithunõ
vocative मैथुन
maithun
मैथुनो
maithuno

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मैथुन (maithuna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məi.t̪ʰun/, [məi.t̪ʰuːn]

Noun

मैथुन • (maithunm

  1. copulation, sexual intercourse
    Synonyms: संभोग (sambhog), सेक्स (seksa)
  2. (rare) union, association
  3. (dated) junction

Declension

Declension of मैथुन (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
मैथुन
maithuna
direct
plural
मैथुन
maithuna
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
मैथुन
maithuna
मैथुन
maithuna
oblique
सामान्यरूप
मैथुना
maithunaā
मैथुनां-
maithunaān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
मैथुनाला
maithunaālā
मैथुनांना
maithunaānnā
ergative मैथुनाने, मैथुनानं
maithunaāne, maithunaāna
मैथुनांनी
maithunaānnī
instrumental मैथुनाशी
maithunaāśī
मैथुनांशी
maithunaānśī
locative
सप्तमी
मैथुनात
maithunaāt
मैथुनांत
maithunaāt
vocative
संबोधन
मैथुना
maithunaā
मैथुनांनो
maithunaānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of मैथुन (masc cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
मैथुनाचा
maithunaāċā
मैथुनाचे
maithunaāċe
मैथुनाची
maithunaācī
मैथुनाच्या
maithunaācā
मैथुनाचे, मैथुनाचं
maithunaāċe, maithunaāċa
मैथुनाची
maithunaācī
मैथुनाच्या
maithunaācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
मैथुनांचा
maithunaānċā
मैथुनांचे
maithunaānċe
मैथुनांची
maithunaāñcī
मैथुनांच्या
maithunaāncā
मैथुनांचे, मैथुनांचं
maithunaānċe, maithunaānċa
मैथुनांची
maithunaāñcī
मैथुनांच्या
maithunaāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of मिथुन (mithuná).

Pronunciation

Noun

मैथुन • (maithuna) stemn

  1. sex, sexual intercourse; copulation

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मैथुन
singular dual plural
nominative मैथुनम् (maithunam) मैथुने (maithune) मैथुनानि (maithunāni)
मैथुना¹ (maithunā¹)
accusative मैथुनम् (maithunam) मैथुने (maithune) मैथुनानि (maithunāni)
मैथुना¹ (maithunā¹)
instrumental मैथुनेन (maithunena) मैथुनाभ्याम् (maithunābhyām) मैथुनैः (maithunaiḥ)
मैथुनेभिः¹ (maithunebhiḥ¹)
dative मैथुनाय (maithunāya) मैथुनाभ्याम् (maithunābhyām) मैथुनेभ्यः (maithunebhyaḥ)
ablative मैथुनात् (maithunāt) मैथुनाभ्याम् (maithunābhyām) मैथुनेभ्यः (maithunebhyaḥ)
genitive मैथुनस्य (maithunasya) मैथुनयोः (maithunayoḥ) मैथुनानाम् (maithunānām)
locative मैथुने (maithune) मैथुनयोः (maithunayoḥ) मैथुनेषु (maithuneṣu)
vocative मैथुन (maithuna) मैथुने (maithune) मैथुनानि (maithunāni)
मैथुना¹ (maithunā¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

Further reading

  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “maithuna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.