Marathi

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वृषण (vṛṣaṇa). First attested as Old Marathi वृखण (vṛkhaṇa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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वृषण (vŕṣaṇm

  1. (anatomy) scrotum
    Synonym: अंडकोष (aṇḍkoṣ)
  2. (by extension) testicles

Declension

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Declension of वृषण (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
वृषण
vŕṣaṇ
direct
plural
वृषण
vŕṣaṇ
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
वृषण
vŕṣaṇ
वृषण
vŕṣaṇ
oblique
सामान्यरूप
वृषणा
vŕṣṇā
वृषणां-
vŕṣṇān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
वृषणाला
vŕṣṇālā
वृषणांना
vŕṣṇānnā
ergative वृषणाने, वृषणानं
vŕṣṇāne, vŕṣṇāna
वृषणांनी
vŕṣṇānnī
instrumental वृषणाशी
vŕṣṇāśī
वृषणांशी
vŕṣṇānśī
locative
सप्तमी
वृषणात
vŕṣṇāt
वृषणांत
vŕṣṇāt
vocative
संबोधन
वृषणा
vŕṣṇā
वृषणांनो
vŕṣṇānno
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 वृषण (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
वृषणाचा
vŕṣṇāċā
वृषणाचे
vŕṣṇāċe
वृषणाची
vŕṣṇācī
वृषणाच्या
vŕṣṇācā
वृषणाचे, वृषणाचं
vŕṣṇāċe, vŕṣṇāċa
वृषणाची
vŕṣṇācī
वृषणाच्या
vŕṣṇācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
वृषणांचा
vŕṣṇānċā
वृषणांचे
vŕṣṇānċe
वृषणांची
vŕṣṇāñcī
वृषणांच्या
vŕṣṇāncā
वृषणांचे, वृषणांचं
vŕṣṇānċe, vŕṣṇānċa
वृषणांची
vŕṣṇāñcī
वृषणांच्या
vŕṣṇāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

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  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “वृषण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वृषण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
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