मीन
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मीन (mīna). Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mīn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
मीन • (mīn) m
Declension edit
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit मीन (mīna), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mīn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
मीन • (mīn) m
- a fish (literary)
- Synonym: मासा (māsā) (common)
- (astrology, astronomy) the sign of the zodiac Pisces
See also edit
Zodiac signs in Marathi · राशी (rāśī) (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Noun edit
मीन m
- Devanagari script form of mīna (“fish”)
Declension edit
Declension table of "मीन" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | मीनो (mīno) | मीना (mīnā) |
Accusative (second) | मीनं (mīnaṃ) | मीने (mīne) |
Instrumental (third) | मीनेन (mīnena) | मीनेहि (mīnehi) or मीनेभि (mīnebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | मीनस्स (mīnassa) or मीनाय (mīnāya) or मीनत्थं (mīnatthaṃ) | मीनानं (mīnānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | मीनस्मा (mīnasmā) or मीनम्हा (mīnamhā) or मीना (mīnā) | मीनेहि (mīnehi) or मीनेभि (mīnebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | मीनस्स (mīnassa) | मीनानं (mīnānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | मीनस्मिं (mīnasmiṃ) or मीनम्हि (mīnamhi) or मीने (mīne) | मीनेसु (mīnesu) |
Vocative (calling) | मीन (mīna) | मीना (mīnā) |
Sanskrit edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative scripts
- মীন (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬷᬦ (Balinese script)
- মীন (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰱𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀻𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- မီန (Burmese script)
- મીન (Gujarati script)
- ਮੀਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍀𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦷꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂲𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೀನ (Kannada script)
- មីន (Khmer script)
- ມີນ (Lao script)
- മീന (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡳᡳᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘲𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠢᠢᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧓𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐷𑐣 (Newa script)
- ମୀନ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢷꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆵𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖱𑖡 (Siddham script)
- මීන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩑𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚯𑚝 (Takri script)
- மீந (Tamil script)
- మీన (Telugu script)
- มีน (Thai script)
- མཱི་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒲𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨁𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
मीन • (mīna) stem, m
Declension edit
Masculine a-stem declension of मीन (mīna) | |||
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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 |
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Synonyms edit
- मत्स्य (matsya)
Descendants edit
- → Burmese: မိန် (min)
- → Hindi: मीन (mīn)
- Marathi: मीन (mīn)
- → Old Javanese: mīna
- Pali: mīna
- → Khmer: មីនា (miinaa)
- → Telugu: మీనము (mīnamu)
- → Thai: มีน (miin)
See also edit
Zodiac signs in Sanskrit (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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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 edit
- 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] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 643