मेष

See also: मूष् and मषि

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मेष (meṣá).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /meːʂ/, [meːʃ]

Noun

मेष • (meṣm (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

See also

Zodiac signs in Hindi · राशियाँ (rāśiyā̃) (layout · text)

मेष (meṣ)

वृष (vŕṣ)

मिथुन (mithun)

कर्क (kark)

सिंह (sĩh)

कन्या (kanyā)

तुला (tulā)

वृश्चिक (vŕścik)

धनु (dhanu)

मकर (makar)

कुंभ (kumbh)

मीना (mīnā)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मेष (meṣá).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meʂ/

Noun

मेष • (meṣm

  1. sheep
    Synonym: मेंढी (meṇḍhī)
  2. (astrology) the sign of the zodiac Aries

See also

Zodiac signs in Marathi · रास (rās) (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)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    Inherited 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

    मे॒ष • (meṣá) stemm

    1. ram, sheep
      • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.52.1:
        त्यं सु मे॒षं म॑हया स्व॒र्विदं॑ श॒तं यस्य॑ सु॒भ्वः॑ सा॒कमीर॑ते।
        अत्यं॒ न वाजं॑ हवन॒स्यदं॒ रथ॒मेन्द्रं॑ ववृत्या॒मव॑से सुवृ॒क्तिभिः॑॥
        tyáṃ sú meṣáṃ mahayā svarvídaṃ śatáṃ yásya subhvàḥ sākámī́rate.
        átyaṃ ná vā́jaṃ havanasyádaṃ ráthaméndraṃ vavṛtyāmávase suvṛktíbhiḥ.
        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.
    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
    singular dual plural
    nominative मेषः (meṣáḥ) मेषौ (meṣaú)
    मेषा¹ (meṣā́¹)
    मेषाः (meṣā́ḥ)
    मेषासः¹ (meṣā́saḥ¹)
    accusative मेषम् (meṣám) मेषौ (meṣaú)
    मेषा¹ (meṣā́¹)
    मेषान् (meṣā́n)
    instrumental मेषेण (meṣéṇa) मेषाभ्याम् (meṣā́bhyām) मेषैः (meṣaíḥ)
    मेषेभिः¹ (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)
    vocative मेष (méṣa) मेषौ (méṣau)
    मेषा¹ (méṣā¹)
    मेषाः (méṣāḥ)
    मेषासः¹ (méṣāsaḥ¹)
    • ¹Vedic

    Descendants

    • Dardic:
    • Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀲 (mesa) (see there for further descendants)
    Borrowed terms

    See also

    Zodiac signs in Sanskrit · राशिचक्र (rāśicakra) (layout · text)

    मेष (meṣa)

    वृषभ (vṛṣabha)

    मिथुन (mithuna)

    कर्कटक (karkaṭaka)

    सिंह (siṃha)

    कन्या (kanyā)

    तुला (tulā)

    वृश्चिक (vṛścika)

    धनु (dhanu)

    मकर (makara)

    कुम्भ (kumbha)

    मीन (mīna)

    References

    Further reading

    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “meṣa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.