मेष: difference between revisions

Borrowed from Sanskrit मेष (meṣá).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /meːʂ/, [meːʃ]

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

Zodiac signs in Hindi · राशियाँ (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)

Borrowed from Sanskrit मेष (meṣá).

• IPA^(key): /meʂ/

मेष • (meṣ) m

1. sheep

   Synonym: मेंढी (meṇḍhī)

2. (astrology) the sign of the zodiac Aries

Zodiac signs in Marathi · राशी (rāśī) (layout · text)
मेष (meṣ)	वृषभ (vŕṣabh)	मिथुन (mithun)	कर्क (karka)
सिंह (siuha)	कन्या (kanyā)	तूळ (tūḷ)	वृश्चिक (vŕścik)
धनु (dhanu)	मकर (makar)	कुंभ (kumbha)	मीन (mīn)

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

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

मेष • (meṣá) stem, 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

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: meṣ
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀲 (mesa)
  • Marathi: मेष (meṣ)
• → Burmese: မိဿ (mi.ssa.)
• → Kannada: ಮೇಷ (mēṣa)
• → Khmer: មេសា (meisaa)
• → Hindi: मेष (meṣ)
• → Odia: ମେଷ (mesha)
• → Tamil: மேஷம் (mēṣam)
• → Thai: เมษ (mêet)
• → Malayalam: മേഷം (mēṣaṁ), മേടം (mēṭaṁ)

Zodiac signs in Sanskrit (layout · text)
मेष (meṣa)	ऋषभ (ṛṣabha)	मिथुन (mithuna)	कर्कटक (karkaṭaka)
सिंह (siṃha)	कन्या (kanyā)	तुला (tulā)	वृश्चिक (vṛścika)
धनु (dhanu)	मकर (makara)	कुम्भ (kumbha)	मीन (mīna)

• 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

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “meṣa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.