वृषण

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वृषण (vṛṣaṇa). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘪𑘿𑘨𑘲𑘏𑘜 (vṛkhaṇa, scrotum).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɾu.ʂəɳ/
  • Hyphenation: वृ‧षण
  • Rhymes: -əɳ

Noun

वृषण • (vruṣaṇm

  1. (anatomy) the scrotum
    Synonym: अंडकोष (aṇḍkoṣ)
  2. (by extension) testicle
    Synonym: अंड (aṇḍa)

Declension

Declension of वृषण (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
वृषण
vruṣaṇ
direct
plural
वृषण
vruṣaṇ
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
वृषण
vruṣaṇ
वृषण
vruṣaṇ
oblique
सामान्यरूप
वृषणा
vruṣṇā
वृषणां-
vruṣṇān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
वृषणाला
vruṣṇālā
वृषणांना
vruṣṇānnā
ergative वृषणाने, वृषणानं
vruṣṇāne, vruṣṇāna
वृषणांनी
vruṣṇānnī
instrumental वृषणाशी
vruṣṇāśī
वृषणांशी
vruṣṇānśī
locative
सप्तमी
वृषणात
vruṣṇāt
वृषणांत
vruṣṇāt
vocative
संबोधन
वृषणा
vruṣṇā
वृषणांनो
vruṣṇānno
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 वृषण (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
वृषणाचा
vruṣṇāċā
वृषणाचे
vruṣṇāċe
वृषणाची
vruṣṇācī
वृषणाच्या
vruṣṇācā
वृषणाचे, वृषणाचं
vruṣṇāċe, vruṣṇāċa
वृषणाची
vruṣṇācī
वृषणाच्या
vruṣṇācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
वृषणांचा
vruṣṇānċā
वृषणांचे
vruṣṇānċe
वृषणांची
vruṣṇāñcī
वृषणांच्या
vruṣṇāncā
वृषणांचे, वृषणांचं
vruṣṇānċe, vruṣṇānċa
वृषणांची
vruṣṇāñcī
वृषणांच्या
vruṣṇāñcā
* 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

  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “वृषण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वृषण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “वृखण”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan