मेण्ढ

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Alternative scripts

Probably borrowed from Munda or some other substrate; see also भेड्र (bheḍra).

The "penis" sense may come from a collision and conflation with मेढ्र (meḍhra, “penis (organ of urination)”); see there for more.

मेण्ढ • (meṇḍha) stem, m

Masculine a-stem declension of मेण्ढ (meṇḍha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मेण्ढः meṇḍhaḥ	मेण्ढौ / मेण्ढा¹ meṇḍhau / meṇḍhā¹	मेण्ढाः / मेण्ढासः¹ meṇḍhāḥ / meṇḍhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मेण्ढ meṇḍha	मेण्ढौ / मेण्ढा¹ meṇḍhau / meṇḍhā¹	मेण्ढाः / मेण्ढासः¹ meṇḍhāḥ / meṇḍhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मेण्ढम् meṇḍham	मेण्ढौ / मेण्ढा¹ meṇḍhau / meṇḍhā¹	मेण्ढान् meṇḍhān
Instrumental	मेण्ढेन meṇḍhena	मेण्ढाभ्याम् meṇḍhābhyām	मेण्ढैः / मेण्ढेभिः¹ meṇḍhaiḥ / meṇḍhebhiḥ¹
Dative	मेण्ढाय meṇḍhāya	मेण्ढाभ्याम् meṇḍhābhyām	मेण्ढेभ्यः meṇḍhebhyaḥ
Ablative	मेण्ढात् meṇḍhāt	मेण्ढाभ्याम् meṇḍhābhyām	मेण्ढेभ्यः meṇḍhebhyaḥ
Genitive	मेण्ढस्य meṇḍhasya	मेण्ढयोः meṇḍhayoḥ	मेण्ढानाम् meṇḍhānām
Locative	मेण्ढे meṇḍhe	मेण्ढयोः meṇḍhayoḥ	मेण्ढेषु meṇḍheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Pali: meṇḍa (“ram”)
Dardic:
- Phalura: miṇḍ
Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀟𑁆𑀠 (mĕḍḍha), 𑀫𑁂𑀁𑀠 (meṃḍha), 𑀫𑁂𑀁𑀟 (meṃḍa), 𑀫𑀺𑀁𑀠 (miṃḍha)
- Northern:
  - Nepali: मेढ़ो (meṛho), मेड़ो (meṛo)
- Eastern:
  - Bengali: মেড়া (meṛa)
- Central:
  - Marathi: मेंढा (meṇḍhā)
  - Gujarati: મેંઢું (meṇḍhũ)
  - Hindustani:
    - Hindi: मेढ़ (meṛh), मेढ़ा (meṛhā), मेंढा (meṇḍhā)
    - Urdu: میڑھ (meṛh), میڑھا (meṛhā), مینڈھا (meṇḍhā)
Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀁𑀞𑀻 (meṃṭhī, “sheep”)
- Central:
  - Old Hindi: मेठा (meṭhā, “ram”)
Prakrit: [script needed] (*mĕjjha)
- Central:
  - Old Hindi: मेझुका (mejhukā, “ram”)

Monier Williams (1899) “मेण्ढ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 832/2.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mēṇḍha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press