मेषी
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- মেষী (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬾᬱᬷ (Balinese script)
- মেষী (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰬𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀱𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- မေၑီ (Burmese script)
- મેષી (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਸ਼ੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌷𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦰꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂵𑂭𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೇಷೀ (Kannada script)
- មេឞី (Khmer script)
- ເມຩີ (Lao script)
- മേഷീ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡝᢢᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘬𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᢔᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑧌𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐲𑐷 (Newa script)
- ମେଷୀ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢾꢰꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆰𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖬𑖱 (Siddham script)
- මෙෂී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩔𑪀𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚲𑚯 (Takri script)
- மேஷீ (Tamil script)
- మేషీ (Telugu script)
- เมษี (Thai script)
- མེ་ཥཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒭𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨄𑨯𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayšíH (“ewe”), from Proto-Indo-European *moysíh₂. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬍 (maēšī). See मेष (meṣa) for more.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐj.ʂíː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /meː.ʂiː/
Noun
मेषी • (meṣī́) stem, f
- a ewe
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मेषी (meṣī́) | मेष्यौ (meṣyaù) मेषी¹ (meṣī́¹) |
मेष्यः (meṣyàḥ) मेषीः¹ (meṣī́ḥ¹) |
| accusative | मेषीम् (meṣī́m) | मेष्यौ (meṣyaù) मेषी¹ (meṣī́¹) |
मेषीः (meṣī́ḥ) |
| instrumental | मेष्या (meṣyā́) | मेषीभ्याम् (meṣī́bhyām) | मेषीभिः (meṣī́bhiḥ) |
| dative | मेष्यै (meṣyaí) | मेषीभ्याम् (meṣī́bhyām) | मेषीभ्यः (meṣī́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मेष्याः (meṣyā́ḥ) मेष्यै² (meṣyaí²) |
मेषीभ्याम् (meṣī́bhyām) | मेषीभ्यः (meṣī́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मेष्याः (meṣyā́ḥ) मेष्यै² (meṣyaí²) |
मेष्योः (meṣyóḥ) | मेषीणाम् (meṣī́ṇām) |
| locative | मेष्याम् (meṣyā́m) | मेष्योः (meṣyóḥ) | मेषीषु (meṣī́ṣu) |
| vocative | मेषि (méṣi) | मेष्यौ (méṣyau) मेषी¹ (méṣī¹) |
मेष्यः (méṣyaḥ) मेषीः¹ (méṣīḥ¹) |
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