मेण्ढ
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মেণ্ঢ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬾᬡ᭄ᬠ (Balinese script)
- মেণ্ঢ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰜𑰿𑰛 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀡𑁆𑀠 (Brahmi script)
- မေဏ္ဎ (Burmese script)
- મેણ્ઢ (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਣ੍ਢ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌣𑍍𑌢 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦟ꧀ꦞ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂵𑂝𑂹𑂛 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೇಣ್ಢ (Kannada script)
- មេណ្ឍ (Khmer script)
- ເມຓ຺ຒ (Lao script)
- മേണ്ഢ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡝᢏᢟᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘜𑘿𑘛 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᢏᢎᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑦼𑧠𑦻 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐞𑑂𑐝 (Newa script)
- ମେଣ୍ଢ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢾꢠ꣄ꢟ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆟𑇀𑆞 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖜𑖿𑖛 (Siddham script)
- මෙණ්ඪ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩔𑩪 𑪙𑩩 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚲𑚘𑚶𑚗 (Takri script)
- மேண்ட⁴ (Tamil script)
- మేణ్ఢ (Telugu script)
- เมณฺฒ (Thai script)
- མེ་ཎྜྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒝𑓂𑒜 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨄𑨘𑩇𑨗 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Munda or some other substrate; see also भेड्र (bheḍra).
The "penis" sense may come from a collision and conflation with मेढ्र (meḍhra, “penis (organ of urination)”); see there for more.
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of मेण्ढ (meṇḍha) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मेण्ढः meṇḍhaḥ |
मेण्ढौ / मेण्ढा¹ meṇḍhau / meṇḍhā¹ |
मेण्ढाः / मेण्ढासः¹ meṇḍhāḥ / meṇḍhāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | मेण्ढ meṇḍha |
मेण्ढौ / मेण्ढा¹ meṇḍhau / meṇḍhā¹ |
मेण्ढाः / मेण्ढासः¹ meṇḍhāḥ / meṇḍhāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | मेण्ढम् meṇḍham |
मेण्ढौ / मेण्ढा¹ meṇḍhau / meṇḍhā¹ |
मेण्ढान् meṇḍhān |
| Instrumental | मेण्ढेन meṇḍhena |
मेण्ढाभ्याम् meṇḍhābhyām |
मेण्ढैः / मेण्ढेभिः¹ meṇḍhaiḥ / meṇḍhebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | मेण्ढाय meṇḍhāya |
मेण्ढाभ्याम् meṇḍhābhyām |
मेण्ढेभ्यः meṇḍhebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मेण्ढात् meṇḍhāt |
मेण्ढाभ्याम् meṇḍhābhyām |
मेण्ढेभ्यः meṇḍhebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मेण्ढस्य meṇḍhasya |
मेण्ढयोः meṇḍhayoḥ |
मेण्ढानाम् meṇḍhānām |
| Locative | मेण्ढे meṇḍhe |
मेण्ढयोः meṇḍhayoḥ |
मेण्ढेषु meṇḍheṣu |
| Notes |
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Related terms
- मेण्ढक (meṇḍhaka)
- भेड्र (bheḍra), भेड (bheḍa), भेण्ड (bheṇḍa)
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मेण्ढ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 832/2.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mēṇḍha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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