मीन

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /miːn/, [mĩːn]

Noun

मीन • (mīn) m

1. (poetic) fish

Declension

Declension of मीन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मीन mīn	मीन mīn
oblique	मीन mīn	मीनों mīnõ
vocative	मीन mīn	मीनो mīno

Marathi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/, [miːn]

Noun

मीन • (mīn) m

1. a fish (literary)

   Synonym: मासा (māsā) (common)

2. (astrology, astronomy) the sign of the zodiac Pisces

See also

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

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• mīna (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀻𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• মীন (Bengali script)
• මීන (Sinhalese script)
• မီန or မဳန or မီၼ (Burmese script)
• มีน or มีนะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩦᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ມີນ or ມີນະ (Lao script)
• មីន (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄩𑄚 (Chakma script)

Noun

मीन m

1. Devanagari script form of mīna (“fish”)

Declension

Declension table of "मीन" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
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

Alternative forms

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

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /miː.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

मीन • (mīna) stem, m

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

Declension

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

• मत्स्य (matsya)

Descendants

• → Burmese: မိန် (min)
• → Hindi: मीन (mīn)
• Marathi: मीन (mīn)
• → Old Javanese: mīna
  • > Javanese: ꦩꦶꦤ (mina) (inherited)
• Pali: mīna
  • → Khmer: មីន (miin)
  • → Thai: มีน (miin)
  • → Khmer: មីនា (miinaa)
• → Telugu: మీనము (mīnamu)
• → Thai: มีน (miin)

See also

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

• 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