meṣ

Kalasha

Etymology

From Proto-Dardic *meṣá, from Sanskrit मेष (meṣá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mayṣás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayšás, from Proto-Indo-European *móysos (“sheep”). Cognate with Persian میش‎ (meš).

Noun

meṣ

  1. a ram, male sheep (one and a half years old and older)
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