मेष
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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मेष (meṣá).
Pronunciation
Noun
मेष • (meṣ) m (Urdu spelling میش)
- ram
- Synonym: भेड़ (bheṛ)
- sheep
- (astrology) the sign of the zodiac Aries or the first arc of 30 degrees in a circle
Declension
Declension of मेष (masc cons-stem)
See also
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| धनु (dhanu) | मकर (makar) | कुंभ (kumbh) | मीना (mīnā) | ||||||||
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मेष (meṣá).
Pronunciation
Noun
मेष • (meṣ) m
See also
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মেষ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬾᬱ (Balinese script)
- মেষ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀱 (Brahmi script)
- မေၑ (Burmese script)
- મેષ (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌷 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦰ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂵𑂭 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೇಷ (Kannada script)
- មេឞ (Khmer script)
- ເມຩ (Lao script)
- മേഷ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡝᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘬 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐲 (Newa script)
- ମେଷ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢾꢰ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆰 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖬 (Siddham script)
- මෙෂ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩔𑪀 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚲 (Takri script)
- மேஷ (Tamil script)
- మేష (Telugu script)
- เมษ (Thai script)
- མེ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨄𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayšás, from Proto-Indo-European *moysós. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀 (maēša), Persian میش (miš), Proto-Slavic *mě̑xъ (“leather bag, sack”).
Pronunciation
Noun
मेष • (meṣá) stem, m
- ram, sheep
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.52.1:
- त्यं सु मे॒षं म॑हया स्व॒र्विदं॑ श॒तं यस्य॑ सु॒भ्व॑: सा॒कमीर॑ते।
अत्यं॒ न वाजं॑ हवन॒स्यदं॒ रथ॒मेन्द्रं॑ ववृत्या॒मव॑से सुवृ॒क्तिभि॑:॥- tyáṃ sú meṣáṃ mahayā svarvídaṃ śatáṃ yásya subhvà: sākámī́rate.
átyaṃ ná vā́jaṃ havanasyádaṃ ráthaméndraṃ vavṛtyāmávase suvṛktíbhi:. - Worship well that ram who makes heaven known, whom a hundred worshippers at once are assiduous in praising. I implore Indra with many prayers to ascend the car, which hastens like a fleet courser to the sacrificer for my protection.
- tyáṃ sú meṣáṃ mahayā svarvídaṃ śatáṃ yásya subhvà: sākámī́rate.
- त्यं सु मे॒षं म॑हया स्व॒र्विदं॑ श॒तं यस्य॑ सु॒भ्व॑: सा॒कमीर॑ते।
- (Vedic) fleece; anything woollen
- (astrology) the sign of the zodiac Aries or the first arc of 30 degrees in a circle
- (botany) a species of plant
- name of a particular demon
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of मेष (meṣá) | |||
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| Nominative | मेषः meṣáḥ |
मेषौ / मेषा¹ meṣaú / meṣā́¹ |
मेषाः / मेषासः¹ meṣā́ḥ / meṣā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | मेष méṣa |
मेषौ / मेषा¹ méṣau / méṣā¹ |
मेषाः / मेषासः¹ méṣāḥ / méṣāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | मेषम् meṣám |
मेषौ / मेषा¹ meṣaú / meṣā́¹ |
मेषान् meṣā́n |
| Instrumental | मेषेण meṣéṇa |
मेषाभ्याम् meṣā́bhyām |
मेषैः / मेषेभिः¹ meṣaíḥ / meṣébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | मेषाय meṣā́ya |
मेषाभ्याम् meṣā́bhyām |
मेषेभ्यः meṣébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मेषात् meṣā́t |
मेषाभ्याम् meṣā́bhyām |
मेषेभ्यः meṣébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मेषस्य meṣásya |
मेषयोः meṣáyoḥ |
मेषाणाम् meṣā́ṇām |
| Locative | मेषे meṣé |
मेषयोः meṣáyoḥ |
मेषेषु meṣéṣu |
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Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kalasha: meṣ
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀲 (mesa)
- Marathi: मेष (meṣ)
- → Burmese: မိဿ (mi.ssa.)
- → Kannada: ಮೇಷ (mēṣa)
- → Khmer: មេសា (meisaa)
- → Hindi: मेष (meṣ)
- → Odia: ମେଷ (mesha)
- → Tamil: மேஷம் (mēṣam)
- → Thai: เมษ (mêet)
- → Malayalam: മേഷം (mēṣaṁ), മേടം (mēṭaṁ)
See also
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| धनु (dhanu) | मकर (makara) | कुम्भ (kumbha) | मीन (mīna) | ||||||||
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मेष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0833.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मेष”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 235
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “meṣa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.