मेढ्र

मेढ्र

Sanskrit

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).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

मेढ्र • (méḍhra) n

1. "organ of urination"; the penis
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

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 458052227, page 832.