मेण्ढ्र

Sanskrit

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

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

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐjɳ.ɖʱɾɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːɳ.ɖʱɾɐ/

Noun

मेण्ढ्र • (meṇḍhra) stem, m

the penis
Synonyms: शिश्न (śiśna), लिङ्ग (liṅga)
a ram

Declension

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
Notes	¹Vedic

References

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]‎^[2] (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

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 415

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 682

[3] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhēḍra-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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