मीन

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मीन (mīna). Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mīn.

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /miːn/, [mĩːn]

Noun

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मीन (mīnm

  1. (poetic) fish

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Marathi

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Marathi Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia mr

Etymology

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From Sanskrit मीन (mīna), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mīn.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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मीन (mīnm

  1. a fish (literary)
    Synonym: मासा (māsā) (common)
  2. (astrology, astronomy) the sign of the zodiac Pisces

See also

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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)

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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मीन m

  1. Devanagari script form of mīna (fish)

Declension

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Sanskrit

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mīn; compare Tamil மீன் (mīṉ). Alternative derivations from Proto-Indo-European (compare Ancient Greek μαίνη (maínē, blotched picarel), English minnow, Russian мин (min, burbot), Latvian mitrs (moist)) are less likely.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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मीन (mīna) stemm

  1. a fish
  2. (astrology, astronomy) the sign of the zodiac Pisces
  3. name of a teacher of योग (yoga)

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of मीन (mīna)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मीनः
mīnaḥ
मीनौ / मीना¹
mīnau / mīnā¹
मीनाः / मीनासः¹
mīnāḥ / mīnāsaḥ¹
Vocative मीन
mīna
मीनौ / मीना¹
mīnau / mīnā¹
मीनाः / मीनासः¹
mīnāḥ / mīnāsaḥ¹
Accusative मीनम्
mīnam
मीनौ / मीना¹
mīnau / mīnā¹
मीनान्
mīnān
Instrumental मीनेन
mīnena
मीनाभ्याम्
mīnābhyām
मीनैः / मीनेभिः¹
mīnaiḥ / mīnebhiḥ¹
Dative मीनाय
mīnāya
मीनाभ्याम्
mīnābhyām
मीनेभ्यः
mīnebhyaḥ
Ablative मीनात्
mīnāt
मीनाभ्याम्
mīnābhyām
मीनेभ्यः
mīnebhyaḥ
Genitive मीनस्य
mīnasya
मीनयोः
mīnayoḥ
मीनानाम्
mīnānām
Locative मीने
mīne
मीनयोः
mīnayoḥ
मीनेषु
mīneṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Synonyms

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Descendants

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See also

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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)

References

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  • Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मीन”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
  • Monier Williams (1899) “मीन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 818, column 3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “mīna- - MĪL”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 358
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) “mīḍhvā́n--mīnáḥ”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 643