Bengali

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit মেষ (meṣa). Compare Assamese মেষ (mex), Odia ମେଷ (meṣa), Hindustani میش / मेष (meṣ).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /meʃ/, [ˈmeːʃ], [ˈmeʃ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /meʃ/, [ˈmeːʃ], [ˈmeʃ]

Noun

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মেষ (meś) (feminine মেষী (meśi))

  1. sheep
  2. ram
  3. (astrology) Aries

Declension

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indefinite forms
nominative মেষ (meś)
objective মেষকে (meś (semantically general or indefinite) / meśke (semantically definite))
genitive মেষের (meśer)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative মেষটা, মেষটি (meśṭa (colloquial), meśṭi (formal)) মেষেরা (meśera)
objective মেষটাকে, মেষটিকে (meśṭake (colloquial), meśṭike (formal)) মেষদের(কে) (meśder(ke))
genitive মেষটার, মেষটির (meśṭar (colloquial), meśṭir (formal)) মেষদের (meśder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

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References

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  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “মেষ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]