# मीन
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मीन (mīna). Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mīn.

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /miːn/, [mĩːn]

### Noun

मीन • (mīn) m
* (poetic) fish

#### Declension
## Marathi
### Etymology

From Sanskrit मीन (mīna), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mīn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /min/, [miːn]

### Noun

मीन • (mīn) m
* a fish (literary)
    Synonym: मासा (māsā) (common)
* (astrology, astronomy) the sign of the zodiac Pisces

### See also

Zodiac signs in Marathi · राशी (rāśī) (layout · text) :
| मेष (meṣ) | वृषभ (vŕṣabh) | मिथुन (mithun) | कर्क (karka) |
| सिंह (siuha) | कन्या (kanyā) | तूळ (tūḷ) | वृश्चिक (vŕścik) |
| धनु (dhanu) | मकर (makar) | कुंभ (kumbha) | मीन (mīn) |

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* mīna (Latin script)
* 𑀫𑀻𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* মীন (Bengali script)
* මීන (Sinhalese script)
* မီန or မဳန or မီၼ (Burmese script)
* มีน or มีนะ (Thai script)
* ᨾᩦᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ມີນ or ມີນະ (Lao script)
* មីន (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄩𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Noun

मीन m
* Devanagari script form of mīna (“fish”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* মীন (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬷᬦ (Balinese script)
* মীন (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰱𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀻𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* မီန (Burmese script)
* મીન (Gujarati script)
* ਮੀਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑍀𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦷꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂲𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಮೀನ (Kannada script)
* មីន (Khmer script)
* ມີນ (Lao script)
* മീന (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᡳᡳᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘲𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠢᠢᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧓𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐷𑐣 (Newa script)
* ମୀନ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢷꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆵𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖱𑖡 (Siddham script)
* මීන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩑𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚯𑚝 (Takri script)
* மீந (Tamil script)
* మీన (Telugu script)
* มีน (Thai script)
* མཱི་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒲𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨁𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mīn; compare Tamil மீன் (mīṉ). Alternative derivations from Proto-Indo-European (compare Ancient Greek μαίνη (maínē, “blotched picarel”), English minnow, Russian мин (min, “burbot”), Latvian mitrs (“moist”)) are less likely.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /miː.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmiː.n̪ɐ/

### Noun

मीन • (mīna) stem, m
* a fish
* (astrology, astronomy) the sign of the zodiac Pisces
* name of a teacher of योग (yoga)

#### Synonyms

* मत्स्य (matsya)

#### Descendants

* → Burmese: မိန် (min)
* → Hindi: मीन (mīn)
* Marathi: मीन (mīn)
* → Old Javanese: mīna
** > Javanese: ꦩꦶꦤ (mina) (inherited)
* Pali: mīna
** → Khmer: មីន (miin)
** → Thai: มีน (miin)
** → Khmer: មីនា (miinaa)
* → Telugu: మీనము (mīnamu)
* → Thai: มีน (miin)

### See also

Zodiac signs in Sanskrit (layout · text) :
| मेष (meṣa) | ऋषभ (ṛṣabha) | मिथुन (mithuna) | कर्कटक (karkaṭaka) |
| सिंह (siṃha) | कन्या (kanyā) | तुला (tulā) | वृश्चिक (vṛścika) |
| धनु (dhanu) | मकर (makara) | कुम्भ (kumbha) | मीन (mīna) |

### References

* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मीन”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Monier Williams (1899) “मीन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 818, column 3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “mīna- - MĪL”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 358
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) “mīḍhvā́n--mīnáḥ”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 643