मैथुन

See also: मिथुन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मैथुन (maithuna).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) 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)

Sanskrit

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of मिथुन (mithuná).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

मैथुन • (maithuna) stem, n

1. sex, sexual intercourse; copulation

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मैथुन (maithuna)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मैथुनम् maithunam	मैथुने maithune	मैथुनानि / मैथुना¹ maithunāni / maithunā¹
Vocative	मैथुन maithuna	मैथुने maithune	मैथुनानि / मैथुना¹ maithunāni / maithunā¹
Accusative	मैथुनम् maithunam	मैथुने maithune	मैथुनानि / मैथुना¹ maithunāni / maithunā¹
Instrumental	मैथुनेन maithunena	मैथुनाभ्याम् maithunābhyām	मैथुनैः / मैथुनेभिः¹ maithunaiḥ / 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
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

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