मेण्ढ्र
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
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 edit
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 edit
Noun edit
मेण्ढ्र • (meṇḍhra) stem, m
Declension edit
| Masculine a-stem declension of मेण्ढ्र (meṇḍhra) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मेण्ढ्रः meṇḍhraḥ |
मेण्ढ्रौ / मेण्ढ्रा¹ meṇḍhrau / meṇḍhrā¹ |
मेण्ढ्राः / मेण्ढ्रासः¹ meṇḍhrāḥ / meṇḍhrāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | मेण्ढ्र meṇḍhra |
मेण्ढ्रौ / मेण्ढ्रा¹ meṇḍhrau / meṇḍhrā¹ |
मेण्ढ्राः / मेण्ढ्रासः¹ meṇḍhrāḥ / meṇḍhrāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | मेण्ढ्रम् meṇḍhram |
मेण्ढ्रौ / मेण्ढ्रा¹ meṇḍhrau / meṇḍhrā¹ |
मेण्ढ्रान् meṇḍhrān |
| Instrumental | मेण्ढ्रेण meṇḍhreṇa |
मेण्ढ्राभ्याम् meṇḍhrābhyām |
मेण्ढ्रैः / मेण्ढ्रेभिः¹ meṇḍhraiḥ / 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 |
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References edit
- 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] (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