2. Three Genders: Masculine, Feminine, Neuter

1. The gender of a word depends on that word itself, not on its meaning.

2. The same object can be named by different words of different genders.

3. In some cases, changing the gender may change the meaning of the word.

Below are examples of nouns of all three genders in the nominative case.

Masculine Gender

bālaḥ boy

vṛkṣaḥ tree

aśvaḥ horse

puruṣaḥ man

syūtaḥ bag

candraḥ moon

bālā girl

latā creeper

naukā boat

mahilā woman

kuñcikā key

tārā star

phalam fruit

puṣpam flower

mukham face

mitram friend

gṛham house

nakṣatram star