মেষ

Bengali

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

মেষ • (meś) (female equivalent মেষী (meśi))

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

Declension

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

  • Biswas, Sailendra (2000), “মেষ”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.
  • Biswas, Sailendra (2004), “মেষ”, in সংসদ বাংলা অভিধান, 7th edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad.
  • Bhaṭṭācārya, Subhāsha (2003), “মেষ”, in Saṁsada Bāṁlā uccāraṇa abhidhāna, 2nd edition, Kalikata: Sāhitya Saṃsada, →OCLC.
  • Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938), “মেষ”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC.
  • “মেষ”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
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