As a Hindi name
मीन · noun · masculine
मछली · मेष आदि राशियों में से अंतिम या बारहवीं राशि · मेष आदि बारह लग्नों में से अंतिम लग्न — Śabdasāgara
मीन · mīn · s.f.
(in H., but m. in S.), A fish — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1107
मीन · masculine
Pisces; Pisces constellation
मीन · masculine
fish
Cited formation "मीन" is म + -ईन: म means "the twenty-fifth consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -ईन forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §10(5) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "मीन" is मीना + -न: मीना means "a female given name, Meena", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi मीन — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मीन (mīna). Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mīn.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
mīna m. (derivation fr. √ 1. mī very doubtful in spite of Uṇ. iii, 3) a fish, Mn.; MBh. &c.
the sign of the zodiac Pisces, R.; VarBṛS.; Pur.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a fish, &c.
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M1 · same meaning "mīna" is the vocative of "mīnā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
mīna m. (derivation fr. √ 1. mī very doubtful in spite of Uṇ. iii, 3) a fish, Mn.; MBh. &c.
the sign of the zodiac Pisces, R.; VarBṛS.; Pur.
N. of a teacher of Yoga, Cat.
mīna m. (-naḥ) 1 A fish. 2 The sign of the zodiac Pisces. E. mī to hurt, Uṇādi aff. nak.
mīnā f. a stick, L.
N. of a daughter of Uṣā and wife of Kaśyapa, Pur.
Alternative readings
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