मैथुन
See also: मिथुन
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मैथुन (maithuna).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /mɛː.t̪ʰʊn/, [mɛː.t̪ʰʊ̃n]
Noun
मैथुन • (maithun) m (Urdu spelling میتھن)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मैथुन maithun |
मैथुन maithun |
| oblique | मैथुन maithun |
मैथुनों maithunõ |
| vocative | मैथुन maithun |
मैथुनो maithuno |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- गुदा मैथुन (gudā maithun)
- हस्तमैथुन (hastamaithun)
- योनि मैथुन (yoni maithun)
- मुखमैथुन (mukhmaithun)
See also
- मुखाभिगम (mukhābhigam)
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मैथुन (maithuna).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məi.t̪ʰun/, [məi.t̪ʰuːn]
Noun
मैथुन • (maithun) m
- copulation, sexual intercourse
- (rare) union, association
- (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 ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
References
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मैथुन”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মৈথুন (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬿᬣᬸᬦ (Balinese script)
- মৈথুন (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰹𑰞𑰲𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁃𑀣𑀼𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- မဲထုန (Burmese script)
- મૈથુન (Gujarati script)
- ਮੈਥੁਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍈𑌥𑍁𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦻꦡꦸꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂶𑂟𑂳𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೈಥುನ (Kannada script)
- មៃថុន (Khmer script)
- ໄມຖຸນ (Lao script)
- മൈഥുന (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᡳᡨᡠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘺𑘞𑘳𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᠧᠲᠤᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧛𑦾𑧔𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐿𑐠𑐸𑐣 (Newa script)
- ମୈଥୁନ (Odia script)
- ꢪꣀꢢꢸꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆽𑆡𑆶𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖹𑖞𑖲𑖡 (Siddham script)
- මෛථුන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩗𑩬𑩒𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚳𑚚𑚰𑚝 (Takri script)
- மைது²ந (Tamil script)
- మైథున (Telugu script)
- ไมถุน (Thai script)
- མཻ་ཐུ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒻𑒟𑒳𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨇𑨚𑨃𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Vṛddhi derivative of मिथुन (mithuná).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɑːj.tʰu.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɑj.t̪ʰu.n̪ɐ/
Noun
मैथुन • (maithuna) stem, n
Declension
| 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.