मेष
Hindi
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
मेष • (meṣ) m (Urdu spelling میش)
Declension
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *móysos (“sheep, skin of sheep”). Cognates include Persian میش (meš), Old Irish meiss, Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀 (maēša), Old Prussian moasis.
Pronunciation
Noun
मेष • (meṣá) stem, m
- ram, sheep (in the older language applied also to a fleece or anything woollen)
- RV 1.52.1a
- तयं सु मेषं महया सवर्विदं शतं यस्य सुभ्वः साकमीरते |
- अत्यं न वाजं हवनस्यदं रथमेन्द्रं वव्र्त्यामवसे सुव्र्क्तिभिः ||
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- 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.
- RV 1.52.1a
- 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
Masculine a-stem declension of मेष | |||
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Nom. sg. | मेषः (meṣaḥ) | ||
Gen. sg. | मेषस्य (meṣasya) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मेषः (meṣaḥ) | मेषौ (meṣau) | मेषाः (meṣāḥ) |
Vocative | मेष (meṣa) | मेषौ (meṣau) | मेषाः (meṣāḥ) |
Accusative | मेषम् (meṣam) | मेषौ (meṣau) | मेषान् (meṣān) |
Instrumental | मेषेण (meṣeṇa) | मेषाभ्याम् (meṣābhyām) | मेषैः (meṣaiḥ) |
Dative | मेषाय (meṣāya) | मेषाभ्याम् (meṣābhyām) | मेषेभ्यः (meṣebhyaḥ) |
Ablative | मेषात् (meṣāt) | मेषाभ्याम् (meṣābhyām) | मेषेभ्यः (meṣebhyaḥ) |
Genitive | मेषस्य (meṣasya) | मेषयोः (meṣayoḥ) | मेषाणाम् (meṣāṇām) |
Locative | मेषे (meṣe) | मेषयोः (meṣayoḥ) | मेषेषु (meṣeṣu) |
Descendants
- Hindi: मेष (meṣ)
- Kalasha: meṣ
- Kannada: ಮೇಷ (mēṣa)
- Khmer: មេសា (meisaa)
- Odia: ମେଷ (mesha)
- Tamil: மேஷம் (mēṣam)
- Thai: เมษ (mêet)
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
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- Hindi lemmas
- Hindi nouns
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- hi:Mammals
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- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit nouns
- Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script
- Sanskrit masculine nouns
- sa:Plants