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manhood meaning in Sanskrit

पौरुष pauruṣá

/ˈmænhʊd/

manhood in Sanskrit: पौरुष (pauruṣá), पौंस्य (páuṃsya), नृम्ण (nṛmṇá). In English, manhood means the state or condition of being a human being.

Sanskrit words for manhood

manhood, virility
पौरुष pauruṣá, पौंस्य páuṃsya
manhood, virility, power, strength, courage
नृम्ण nṛmṇá

English meaning of manhood

  1. noun The state or condition of being a human being.
  2. noun The state or condition of being a man, as contrasted with being a boy, woman, girl, or nonbinary.
  3. noun All of the men of a given place, area, or any human subgroup (ethnicity, nation, race, religion, family, work crew or ship's crew, etc.) regarded collectively.
  4. noun The idealized nature of a man: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness regarded collectively.

Full definition of manhood

manhood in a sentence

  • He feared the speedy decline of all manhood.
  • He was a strapping youth poised on the brink of manhood.
  • (exclusively and universally: only synonymous in cases for which women are excluded, and when the meaning of manhood is universal or worldwide)

Synonyms of manhood

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Questions about manhood in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of manhood in Sanskrit?
Manhood in Sanskrit is पौरुष (pauruṣá), पौंस्य (páuṃsya), नृम्ण (nṛmṇá).
manhood इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Manhood: पौरुष (pauruṣá), पौंस्य (páuṃsya), नृम्ण (nṛmṇá).
What does manhood mean in English?
Manhood means the state or condition of being a human being.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “manhood”: नृम्ण, पौंस्य, पौरुष. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: manhood (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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