মেষ

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit মেষ (meṣa). Compare Assamese মেষ (mex), Odia ମେଷ (meṣô), 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 India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
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