मेंह

See also: मह, मह्, मुँह, and मुहु

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मेह (meh)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑁂𑀳 (meha), from Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás (“cloud”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃moygʰ-ós, from *h₃meygʰ- (“fog, cloud”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mẽːɦ/

Noun

मेंह • (mẽh) m (Urdu spelling مینہ)

1. rain

   Synonyms: बरसात (barsāt), वर्षा (varṣā), बारिश (bāriś)

2. rainfall

Declension

Declension of मेंह (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मेंह mẽh	मेंह mẽh
oblique	मेंह mẽh	मेंहों mẽhõ
vocative	मेंह mẽh	मेंहो mẽho

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मेंह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mēghá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press