मेष
Hindi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meːʃ/
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mayṣás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayšás, from Proto-Indo-European *moysós. Cognate with Persian میش (meš), Old Irish meiss, Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀 (maēša), Old Prussian moasis.
Noun
मेष • (meṣá) m (Vedic maiṣá)
- 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 ||
- 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.
- RV 1.52.1a
- (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
| Masculine a-stem declension of मेष (meṣá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मेषः meṣáḥ |
मेषौ meṣaú |
मेषाः / मेषासः¹ meṣā́ḥ / meṣā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | मेष méṣa |
मेषौ méṣau |
मेषाः / मेषासः¹ méṣāḥ / méṣāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | मेषम् meṣám |
मेषौ meṣaú |
मेषान् meṣā́n |
| Instrumental | मेषेण meṣéṇa |
मेषाभ्याम् meṣā́bhyām |
मेषैः / मेषेभिः¹ meṣaíḥ / 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 |
| Notes |
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Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मेष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0833.
- Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 235
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