A category of noun as either masculine (पुल्लिंग), feminine (स्त्रीलिंग) or Neuter (नपुंसकलिंग)
MASCULINE :- Masculine nouns are words for men, boys and male animals.
FEMININE :- Feminine nouns are words for women, girls and female animals.
NEUTER / COMMON :-Neither male or female. It's hard to categorise, may be think or person.
Example
Masculine Feminine Neuter
Man women Teacher
MASCULINE FEMININE
- Mr. Mrs.
- He She
- Sir Madam
- Boy Girl
- Male Female
- Man Woman
- Father Mother
- Son Daughter
- Brother Sister
- Husband Wife
- Uncle Aunt
- Nephew Niece
- King Queen
- Hero Heroine
- Lord Lady
- Monk Nun
- Sultan Sultana
- Milkman Milkmaid
- Landlord Landlady
- Widower Widow
- Bridegroom Bride
- Salesman Salesgirl
- Drone Bee
- Wizard Witch
- Bull Cow
- Dog Bitch
- Cock Hen
- Ox Cow
- Fox Vixen
- Horse Mare
- God Goddess
- Tiger Tigress
- Peacock Peahen
- Poet Poetess
- Author Authoress
- Actor Actress
- Host Hostess
- Mister Mistress
- Master Mistress
- Hunter Huntress
- Emperor Empress
- Duke Duchess
- Governor Governess
- Traitor Traitress
- Conductor Conductoress
- Instructor Instructress
- Shepherd Shepherdess
- Songster Songstress
- Steward Stewardess
- Heir Heiress
- Priest Priestess
- Prince Princess
- Emperor Empress
- Actor Actress
- Waiter Waitress
- Head master Head mistress
- Policeman Police woman
With animals, there is one general word for the animal and special words for the male and the female. Sometimes the word for the male animal is the same as the general word.
(जानवरों के साथ, जानवर के लिए एक सामान्य शब्द है और नर और मादा के लिए विशेष शब्द है। कभी-कभी नर जानवर के लिए शब्द सामान्य शब्द के समान होता है)
Animal Masculine Feminine
- Rabbit buck doe
- Horse stallion mare
- Sheep ram ewe
- Pig boar sow
- Chicken rooster hen
- Duck drake duck
- Cattle bull cow
- Goose gander goose
- Fox fox vixen
- Tiger tiger tigress
- Lion lion lioness
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