मेष

See also: मूष् and मषि

Hindi

मेष राशि

मेष तारामंडल

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मेष (meṣá). Influenced by Classical Persian میش (mēš).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /meːʂ/, [meːʃ]

Noun

मेष • (meṣ) m (Urdu spelling میش)

1. ram, sheep

   Synonym: भेड़ (bheṛ)

Declension

Declension of मेष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मेष meṣ	मेष meṣ
oblique	मेष meṣ	मेषों meṣõ
vocative	मेष meṣ	मेषो meṣo

Proper noun

मेष • (meṣ) m

1. (astrology) Aries
2. (astronomy) Aries constellation

Declension

Declension of मेष (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	मेष meṣ
oblique	मेष meṣ
vocative	मेष meṣ

See also

Zodiac signs in Hindi · राशि (rāśi) (layout · text)
मेष (meṣ) ("ram"; Aries)	वृषभ (vŕṣabh) ("bull"; Taurus)	मिथुन (mithun) ("twins"; Gemini)	कर्क (kark) ("crab"; Cancer)
सिंह (sĩh) ("lion"; Leo)	कन्या (kanyā) ("virgin"; Virgo)	तुला (tulā) ("balance"; Libra)	वृश्चिक (vŕścik) ("scorpion"; Scorpio)
धनु (dhanu) ("bow"; Sagittarius)	मकर (makar) ("sea-goat"; Capricorn)	कुंभ (kumbh) ("water-pot"; Aquarius)	मीन (mīn) ("fish"; Pisces)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “मेष”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4019
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “मेष”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 619
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मेष”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 833

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मेष (meṣá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meʂ/

Noun

मेष • (meṣ) m

1. sheep

   Synonym: मेंढी (meṇḍhī)

2. (astrology) the sign of the zodiac Aries

See also

Zodiac signs in Marathi · रास (rās) (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

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মেষ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬾᬱ (Balinese script)
• মেষ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀱 (Brahmi script)
• မေၑ (Burmese script)
• મેષ (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌷 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦰ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂵𑂭 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೇಷ (Kannada script)
• មេឞ (Khmer script)
• ເມຩ (Lao script)
• മേഷ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡝᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘬 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐲 (Newa script)
• ମେଷ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢾꢰ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆰 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖬 (Siddham script)
• මෙෂ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩔𑪀 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚲 (Takri script)
• மேஷ (Tamil script)
• మేష (Telugu script)
• เมษ (Thai script)
• མེ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨄𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *moysós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayšás

Sanskrit मे॒ष

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayšás, from Proto-Indo-European *moysós. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀 (maēša), Classical Persian میش (mēš), Proto-Slavic *mě̑xъ (“leather bag, sack”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐj.ʂɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /meː.ʂɐ/

Noun

मे॒ष • (meṣá) stem, m

1. ram, sheep
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.52.1:

     त्यं सु मे॒षं म॑हया स्व॒र्विदं॑ श॒तं यस्य॑ सु॒भ्वः॑ सा॒कमीर॑ते।
     अत्यं॒ न वाजं॑ हवन॒स्यदं॒ रथ॒मेन्द्रं॑ ववृत्या॒मव॑से सुवृ॒क्तिभिः॑॥

     tyáṃ sú meṣáṃ mahayā svarvídaṃ śatáṃ yásya subhvàḥ sākámī́rate.
     átyaṃ ná vā́jaṃ havanasyádaṃ ráthaméndraṃ vavṛtyāmávase suvṛktíbhiḥ.

     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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मे॒ष

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मे॒षः (meṣáḥ)	मे॒षौ (meṣáu) मे॒षा¹ (meṣā́¹)	मे॒षाः (meṣā́ḥ) मे॒षासः॑¹ (meṣā́saḥ¹)
accusative	मे॒षम् (meṣám)	मे॒षौ (meṣáu) मे॒षा¹ (meṣā́¹)	मे॒षान् (meṣā́n)
instrumental	मे॒षेण॑ (meṣéṇa)	मे॒षाभ्या॑म् (meṣā́bhyām)	मे॒षैः (meṣáiḥ) मे॒षेभिः॑¹ (meṣébhiḥ¹)
dative	मे॒षाय॑ (meṣā́ya)	मे॒षाभ्या॑म् (meṣā́bhyām)	मे॒षेभ्यः॑ (meṣébhyaḥ)
ablative	मे॒षात् (meṣā́t)	मे॒षाभ्या॑म् (meṣā́bhyām)	मे॒षेभ्यः॑ (meṣébhyaḥ)
genitive	मे॒षस्य॑ (meṣásya)	मे॒षयोः॑ (meṣáyoḥ)	मे॒षाणा॑म् (meṣā́ṇām)
locative	मे॒षे (meṣé)	मे॒षयोः॑ (meṣáyoḥ)	मे॒षेषु॑ (meṣéṣu)
vocative	मेष॑ (méṣa)	मेषौ॑ (méṣau) मेषा॑¹ (méṣā¹)	मेषाः॑ (méṣāḥ) मेषा॑सः¹ (méṣāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: meṣ
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀲 (mesa)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: मेस (mes)

• → Burmese: မိဿ (mi.ssa.)
• → Kannada: ಮೇಷ (mēṣa)
• → Khmer: មេសា (meisaa)
• → Hindi: मेष (meṣ)
• → Marathi: मेष (meṣ)
• → Odia: ମେଷ (meṣa)
• → Tamil: மேஷம் (mēṣam)
• → Thai: เมษ (mêet)
• → Malayalam: മേഷം (mēṣaṁ), മേടം (mēṭaṁ)

See also

Zodiac signs in Sanskrit · राशिचक्र (rāśicakra) (layout · text)
मेष (meṣa)	वृषभ (vṛṣabha)	मिथुन (mithuna)	कर्कटक (karkaṭaka)
सिंह (siṃha)	कन्या (kanyā)	तुला (tulā)	वृश्चिक (vṛścika)
धनु (dhanu)	मकर (makara)	कुम्भ (kumbha)	मीन (mīna)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “मेष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0833, column 3.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “मेष”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 235
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “meṣa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.