मेषी

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• মেষী (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬾᬱᬷ (Balinese script)
• মেষী (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰬𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀱𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• မေၑီ (Burmese script)
• મેષી (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਸ਼ੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌷𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦰꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂵𑂭𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೇಷೀ (Kannada script)
• មេឞី (Khmer script)
• ເມຩີ (Lao script)
• മേഷീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡝᢢᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘬𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᢔᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑧌𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐲𑐷 (Newa script)
• ମେଷୀ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢾꢰꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆰𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖬𑖱 (Siddham script)
• මෙෂී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩔𑪀𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚲𑚯 (Takri script)
• மேஷீ (Tamil script)
• మేషీ (Telugu script)
• เมษี (Thai script)
• མེ་ཥཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒭𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨄𑨯𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayšíH (“ewe”), from Proto-Indo-European *moysíh₂. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬍 (maēšī). See मेष (meṣa) for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐj.ʂíː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.ʂiː/

Noun

मेषी • (meṣī́) stem, f

1. a ewe
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.43.6:

     शं नः॑ कर॒त्यर्व॑ते सु॒गं मे॒षाय॑ मे॒ष्ये॑ ।
     नृभ्यो॒ नारि॑भ्यो॒ गवे॑ ॥

     śáṃ naḥ karatyárvate sugáṃ meṣā́ya meṣyé.
     nṛ́bhyo nā́ribhyo gáve.

     May he (Rudra) grant health to our steeds, wellbeing to our rams and ewes,
     To men, to women, and to the cows.

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of मेषी (meṣī́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मेषी meṣī́	मेष्यौ / मेषी¹ meṣyaù / meṣī́¹	मेष्यः / मेषीः¹ meṣyàḥ / meṣī́ḥ¹
Vocative	मेषि méṣi	मेष्यौ / मेषी¹ méṣyau / méṣī¹	मेष्यः / मेषीः¹ méṣyaḥ / méṣīḥ¹
Accusative	मेषीम् meṣī́m	मेष्यौ / मेषी¹ meṣyaù / meṣī́¹	मेषीः meṣī́ḥ
Instrumental	मेष्या meṣyā́	मेषीभ्याम् meṣī́bhyām	मेषीभिः meṣī́bhiḥ
Dative	मेष्यै meṣyaí	मेषीभ्याम् meṣī́bhyām	मेषीभ्यः meṣī́bhyaḥ
Ablative	मेष्याः / मेष्यै² meṣyā́ḥ / meṣyaí²	मेषीभ्याम् meṣī́bhyām	मेषीभ्यः meṣī́bhyaḥ
Genitive	मेष्याः / मेष्यै² meṣyā́ḥ / meṣyaí²	मेष्योः meṣyóḥ	मेषीणाम् meṣī́ṇām
Locative	मेष्याम् meṣyā́m	मेष्योः meṣyóḥ	मेषीषु meṣī́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas