मेहन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मेहन (mehana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /meː.ɦən/, [meː.ɦɐ̃n]

Noun

मेहन • (mehan) m (Urdu spelling میہَن)

1. (anatomy) penis

Declension

Declension of मेहन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मेहन mehan	मेहन mehan
oblique	मेहन mehan	मेहनों mehanõ
vocative	मेहन mehan	मेहनो mehano

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “मेहन”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]

Sanskrit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐj.ɦɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.ɦɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

मेहन • (mehana) stem, ?

1. (anatomy) penis

Descendants

• → Hindi: मेहन (mehan) (learned)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “मेहन”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]