मेढ्र

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মেঢ্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬾᬠ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• মেঢ্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰛𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀠𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• မေဎြ (Burmese script)
• મેઢ્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਢ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌢𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦞꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂵𑂛𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೇಢ್ರ (Kannada script)
• មេឍ្រ (Khmer script)
• ເມຒ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• മേഢ്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡝᢟᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘛𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᢎᠾᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑦻𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐝𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ମେଢ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢪꢾꢟ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆞𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖛𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• මෙඪ්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩔𑩩 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚲𑚗𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• மேட்⁴ர (Tamil script)
• మేఢ్ర (Telugu script)
• เมฒฺร (Thai script)
• མེ་ཌྷྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒜𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨄𑨗𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hmáyẓḍʰram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmáyždʰram, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃méyǵʰ-tro-m, from *h₃meyǵʰ- (“to urinate”) + *-trom (suffix denoting a tool or an instrument for an action). The Sanskrit root is मिह् (mih, “to urinate”).

The "ram" sense is likely from a collision and conflation with भेड्र (bheḍra, “ram”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́jɖʱ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːɖʱ.ɾɐ/

Noun

मेढ्र • (méḍhra) stem, n

1. "organ of urination"; the penis
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
2. Alternative form of मेण्ढ (meṇḍha, “ram”)

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मेढ्र (méḍhra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मेढ्रम् méḍhram	मेढ्रे méḍhre	मेढ्राणि / मेढ्रा¹ méḍhrāṇi / méḍhrā¹
Vocative	मेढ्र méḍhra	मेढ्रे méḍhre	मेढ्राणि / मेढ्रा¹ méḍhrāṇi / méḍhrā¹
Accusative	मेढ्रम् méḍhram	मेढ्रे méḍhre	मेढ्राणि / मेढ्रा¹ méḍhrāṇi / méḍhrā¹
Instrumental	मेढ्रेण méḍhreṇa	मेढ्राभ्याम् méḍhrābhyām	मेढ्रैः / मेढ्रेभिः¹ méḍhraiḥ / méḍhrebhiḥ¹
Dative	मेढ्राय méḍhrāya	मेढ्राभ्याम् méḍhrābhyām	मेढ्रेभ्यः méḍhrebhyaḥ
Ablative	मेढ्रात् méḍhrāt	मेढ्राभ्याम् méḍhrābhyām	मेढ्रेभ्यः méḍhrebhyaḥ
Genitive	मेढ्रस्य méḍhrasya	मेढ्रयोः méḍhrayoḥ	मेढ्राणाम् méḍhrāṇām
Locative	मेढ्रे méḍhre	मेढ्रयोः méḍhrayoḥ	मेढ्रेषु méḍhreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Telugu: మేఢ్రము (mēḍhramu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मेढ्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 832/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 375; 381
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “méḍhra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press