See also: मूष् and मषि

Hindi

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Borrowed from Sanskrit मेष (meṣá).

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मेष (meṣm (Urdu spelling میش)

  1. ram
    Synonym: भेड़ (bheṛ)
  2. sheep
  3. (astrology) the sign of the zodiac Aries or the first arc of 30 degrees in a circle

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Zodiac signs in Hindi · राशियाँ (layout · text)
       
मेष (meṣ) वृष (vŕṣ) मिथुन (mithun) कर्क (kark)
       
सिंह (sĩh) कन्या (kanyā) तुला (tulā) वृश्चिक (vŕścik)
       
धनु (dhanu) मकर (makar) कुंभ (kumbh) मीना (mīnā)

Marathi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit मेष (meṣá).

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मेष (meṣm

  1. sheep
    Synonym: मेंढी (meṇḍhī)
  2. (astrology) the sign of the zodiac Aries

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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)

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayšás, from Proto-Indo-European *moysós. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀 (maēša), Persian میش (miš), Proto-Slavic *mě̑xъ (leather bag, sack).

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मेष (meṣá) stemm

  1. ram, sheep
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.52.1:
      त्यं सु मे॒षं म॑हया स्व॒र्विदं॑ श॒तं यस्य॑ सु॒भ्व॑: सा॒कमीर॑ते।
      अत्यं॒ न वाजं॑ हवन॒स्यदं॒ रथ॒मेन्द्रं॑ ववृत्या॒मव॑से सुवृ॒क्तिभि॑:॥
      tyáṃ sú meṣáṃ mahayā svarvídaṃ śatáṃ yásya subhvà: sākámī́rate.
      átyaṃ ná vā́jaṃ havanasyádaṃ ráthaméndraṃ vavṛtyāmávase suvṛktíbhi:.
      Worship well that ram who makes heaven known, whom a hundred worshippers at once are assiduous in praising. I implore Indra with many prayers to ascend the car, which hastens like a fleet courser to the sacrificer for my protection.
  2. (Vedic) fleece; anything woollen
  3. (astrology) the sign of the zodiac Aries or the first arc of 30 degrees in a circle
  4. (botany) a species of plant
  5. name of a particular demon

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Masculine a-stem declension of मेष (meṣá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मेषः
meṣáḥ
मेषौ / मेषा¹
meṣaú / meṣā́¹
मेषाः / मेषासः¹
meṣā́ḥ / meṣā́saḥ¹
Vocative मेष
méṣa
मेषौ / मेषा¹
méṣau / méṣā¹
मेषाः / मेषासः¹
méṣāḥ / méṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative मेषम्
meṣám
मेषौ / मेषा¹
meṣaú / meṣā́¹
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
  • ¹Vedic

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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)

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Further reading

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  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “meṣa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.