मेंह
See also: मह, मह्, मुँह, and मुहु
Hindi
Alternative forms
- मेह (meh)
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑁂𑀳 (meha), from Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás (“cloud”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃moygʰ-ós, from *h₃meygʰ- (“fog, cloud”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mẽːɦ/
Noun
मेंह • (mẽh) m (Urdu spelling مینہ)
- rain
- Synonyms: बरसात (barsāt), वर्षा (varṣā), बारिश (bāriś)
- rainfall
Declension
Declension of मेंह (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
direct | मेंह mẽh | मेंह mẽh |
oblique | मेंह mẽh | मेंहों mẽhõ |
vocative | मेंह mẽh | मेंहो mẽho |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मेंह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mēghá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press