মেষ

Bengali

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

মেষ • (meś) (feminine মেষী (meśi))

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

Declension

Inflection of মেষ
nominative	মেষ meś
objective	মেষকে meś (semantically general or indefinite) / meśke (semantically definite)
genitive	মেষের meśer
	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

• মেষতুল্য (meśotullo)
• মেষপাল (meśpal)
• মেষপালক (meśpalok)
• মেষপালন (meśpalon)
• মেষবৎ (meśbot)
• মেষমাংস (meśmaṅśo)
• মেষশাবক (meśśabok)

 

References

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