मेष
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मेष (meṣá).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /meːʂ/, [meːʃ]
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
| 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 • (meṣ) m
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
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
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
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐj.ʂɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /meː.ʂɐ/
Noun
मे॒ष • (meṣá) stem, m
- 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.
- tyáṃ sú meṣáṃ mahayā svarvídaṃ śatáṃ yásya subhvàḥ sākámī́rate.
- त्यं सु मे॒षं म॑हया स्व॒र्विदं॑ श॒तं यस्य॑ सु॒भ्वः॑ 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
| 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
- 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
- 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 (2010–2025) “meṣa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.