नपुंसक
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit नपुंसक (napuṃsaka).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
नपुंसक • (napunsak) (indeclinable)
- impotent (incapable of sexual intercourse)
- Synonym: नामर्द (nāmard)
- sexless, third gender
- (linguistics) neuter
Derived terms edit
- नपुंसकता (napunsaktā)
Noun edit
नपुंसक • (napunsak) m
- an impotent man
- person of the third gender
- Synonym: हिजड़ा (hijṛā)
- (linguistics) neuter gender
Declension edit
Declension of नपुंसक (masc cons-stem)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नपुंसक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press