मेष

मेष

See also: मूष् and मषि

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मेष (meṣá).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /meːʂ/, [meːʃ]

Noun

मेष • (meṣ) m (Urdu spelling میش‎)

1. ram

   Synonym: भेड़ (bheṛ)

2. sheep
3. (astrology) the sign of the zodiac Aries or the first arc of 30 degrees in a circle

Declension

Declension of मेष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मेष meṣ	मेष meṣ
oblique	मेष meṣ	मेषों meṣõ
vocative	मेष meṣ	मेषो meṣo

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मेष (meṣá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meʂ/

Noun

मेष • (meṣ) m

1. sheep

   Synonym: मेंढी (meṇḍhī)

2. (astrology) the sign of the zodiac Aries

See also

Zodiac signs in Marathi · राशी (rāśī) (layout · text)
मेष (meṣ) ♈︎	वृषभ (vruṣabh) ♉︎	मिथुन (mithun) ♊︎	कर्क (karka) ♋︎
सिंह (siuha) ♌︎	कन्या (kanyā) ♍︎	तूळ (tūḷ) ♎︎	वृश्चिक (vruścik) ♏︎
धनु (dhanu) ♐︎	मकर (makar) ♑︎	कुंभ (kumbha) ♒︎	मीन (mīn) ♓︎

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬫᬾᬱ (Balinese script)
• মেষ (Assamese script)
• মেষ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀱 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌷 (Grantha script)
• મેષ (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦩꦺꦰ (Javanese script)
• មេឞ (Khmer script)
• ಮೇಷ (Kannada script)
• ເມຩ (Lao script)
• മേഷ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘬 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᠮᡝᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
• မေၑ (Burmese script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐲 (Newa script)
• ମେଷ (Oriya script)
• ꢪꢾꢰ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆰 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖬 (Siddham script)
• මේෂ (Sinhalese script)
• మేష (Telugu script)
• เมษ (Thai script)
• མེ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒭 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayšás, from Proto-Indo-European *moysós. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀‎ (maēša), Persian میش‎ (meš), Proto-Slavic *mě̑xъ (“leather bag, sack”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐj.ʂɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.ʂɐ/

Noun

मेष • (meṣá) m

1. ram, sheep
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.52.1:

     त्यं सु मेषं महया स्वर्विदं शतं यस्य सुभ्वः साकमीरते।
     अत्यं न वाजं हवनस्यदं रथमेन्द्रं ववृत्यामवसे सुवृक्तिभिः॥

     tyaṃ su meṣaṃ mahayā svarvidaṃ śataṃ yasya subhvaḥ sākamīrate.
     atyaṃ na vājaṃ havanasyadaṃ rathamendraṃ vavṛtyāmavase suvṛktibhiḥ.

     I GLORIFY that Ram who finds the light of heaven, whose hundred nobly-natured ones go forth with him.
     With hymns may I turn hither Indra to mine aid,—the Car which like a strong steed hasteth to the call.

2. (Vedic) fleece; anything woollen
3. (astrology) the sign of the zodiac Aries or the first arc of 30 degrees in a circle
4. (botany) a species of plant
5. name of a particular demon

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मेष (meṣá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मेषः meṣáḥ	मेषौ meṣaú	मेषाः / मेषासः¹ meṣā́ḥ / meṣā́saḥ¹
Vocative	मेष méṣa	मेषौ méṣau	मेषाः / मेषासः¹ méṣāḥ / méṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मेषम् meṣám	मेषौ meṣaú	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
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: meṣ
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀲 (mesa)
  • Marathi: मेष (meṣ)
• → Burmese: မိဿ (mi.ssa.)
• → Kannada: ಮೇಷ (mēṣa)
• → Khmer: មេសា (meisaa)
• → Hindi: मेष (meṣ)
• → Oriya: ମେଷ (meṣô)
• → Tamil: மேஷம் (mēṣam)
• → Thai: เมษ (mêet)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “मेष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, 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