मैथुन

See also: मिथुन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मैथुन (maithuna).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɛː.t̪ʰʊn/, [mɛː.t̪ʰʊ̃n]

Noun

मैथुन • (maithun) m (Urdu spelling میتھن)

1. sex; sexual intercourse
2. coitus
3. copulation
4. union
5. pairing

Declension

Declension of मैथुन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मैथुन maithun	मैथुन maithun
oblique	मैथुन maithun	मैथुनों maithunõ
vocative	मैथुन maithun	मैथुनो maithuno

Synonyms

• (sex): काम-क्रिया (kām-kriyā), संभोग (sambhog), सेक्स (seks)

Derived terms

• गुदा मैथुन (gudā maithun)
• हस्तमैथुन (hastamaithun)
• योनि मैथुन (yoni maithun)
• मुखमैथुन (mukhmaithun)

See also

• मुखाभिगम (mukhābhigam)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मैथुन (maithuna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məi.t̪ʰun/, [məi.t̪ʰuːn]

Noun

मैथुन • (maithun) m

1. copulation, sexual intercourse

   Synonyms: संभोग (sambhog), सेक्स (seksa)

2. (rare) union, association
3. (dated) junction

Declension

Declension of मैथुन (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	मैथुन maithuna
direct plural	मैथुन maithuna
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	मैथुन maithuna		मैथुन maithuna
oblique सामान्यरूप	मैथुना maithunaā		मैथुनां- maithunaān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	मैथुनाला maithunaālā		मैथुनांना maithunaānnā
ergative	मैथुनाने, मैथुनानं maithunaāne, maithunaāna		मैथुनांनी maithunaānnī
instrumental	मैथुनाशी maithunaāśī		मैथुनांशी maithunaānśī
locative सप्तमी	मैथुनात maithunaāt		मैथुनांत maithunaāt
vocative संबोधन	मैथुना maithunaā		मैथुनांनो maithunaānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of मैथुन (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	मैथुनाचा maithunaāċā	मैथुनाचे maithunaāċe	मैथुनाची maithunaācī	मैथुनाच्या maithunaācā	मैथुनाचे, मैथुनाचं maithunaāċe, maithunaāċa	मैथुनाची maithunaācī	मैथुनाच्या maithunaācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	मैथुनांचा maithunaānċā	मैथुनांचे maithunaānċe	मैथुनांची maithunaāñcī	मैथुनांच्या maithunaāncā	मैथुनांचे, मैथुनांचं maithunaānċe, maithunaānċa	मैथुनांची maithunaāñcī	मैथुनांच्या maithunaāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मैथुन”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মৈথুন (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬿᬣᬸᬦ (Balinese script)
• মৈথুন (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰹𑰞𑰲𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁃𑀣𑀼𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• မဲထုန (Burmese script)
• મૈથુન (Gujarati script)
• ਮੈਥੁਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍈𑌥𑍁𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦻꦡꦸꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂶𑂟𑂳𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೈಥುನ (Kannada script)
• មៃថុន (Khmer script)
• ໄມຖຸນ (Lao script)
• മൈഥുന (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡳᡨᡠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘺𑘞𑘳𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᠧᠲᠤᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧛𑦾𑧔𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐿𑐠𑐸𑐣 (Newa script)
• ମୈଥୁନ (Odia script)
• ꢪꣀꢢꢸꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆽𑆡𑆶𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖹𑖞𑖲𑖡 (Siddham script)
• මෛථුන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩗𑩬𑩒𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚳𑚚𑚰𑚝 (Takri script)
• மைது²ந (Tamil script)
• మైథున (Telugu script)
• ไมถุน (Thai script)
• མཻ་ཐུ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒻𑒟𑒳𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨇𑨚𑨃𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of मिथुन (mithuná).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑːj.tʰu.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑj.t̪ʰu.n̪ɐ/

Noun

मैथुन • (maithuna) stem, n

1. sex, sexual intercourse; copulation

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मैथुन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मैथुनम् (maithunam)	मैथुने (maithune)	मैथुनानि (maithunāni) मैथुना¹ (maithunā¹)
vocative	मैथुन (maithuna)	मैथुने (maithune)	मैथुनानि (maithunāni) मैथुना¹ (maithunā¹)
accusative	मैथुनम् (maithunam)	मैथुने (maithune)	मैथुनानि (maithunāni) मैथुना¹ (maithunā¹)
instrumental	मैथुनेन (maithunena)	मैथुनाभ्याम् (maithunābhyām)	मैथुनैः (maithunaiḥ) मैथुनेभिः¹ (maithunebhiḥ¹)
dative	मैथुनाय (maithunāya)	मैथुनाभ्याम् (maithunābhyām)	मैथुनेभ्यः (maithunebhyaḥ)
ablative	मैथुनात् (maithunāt)	मैथुनाभ्याम् (maithunābhyām)	मैथुनेभ्यः (maithunebhyaḥ)
genitive	मैथुनस्य (maithunasya)	मैथुनयोः (maithunayoḥ)	मैथुनानाम् (maithunānām)
locative	मैथुने (maithune)	मैथुनयोः (maithunayoḥ)	मैथुनेषु (maithuneṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Bengali: মৈথুন (mōithun)
• → English: maithuna
• → Gujarati: મૈથુન (maithun)
• → Hindi: मैथुन (maithun)
• → Kannada: ಮೈಥುನ (maithuna)
• → Malayalam: മൈഥുനം (maithunaṁ)
• → Marathi: मैथुन (maithun)
• → Tamil: மைதுனம் (maituṉam)
• → Telugu: మైథునము (maithunamu)
• → Urdu: میتھن

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “maithuna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.