mî

Concepts

sheep

🐑

lamb

🐑

ewe

ram

🐏

disbudding

sheepy

scur

ewes

ovine

Synonyms

pez

🐑

berindir

berx

🐑

beran

🐏

mih

beyindir

مهڕ

Translations

pecora

🐑

Schaf

🐑

koyun

🐑

ovelha

oveja

🐑

mouton

🐑

schaap

🐑

feda

πρόβατο

ovella

🐑

ovis

🐑

schapen

Schafe

carneiro

🐏

Pronounced as (IPA)

/miː/

Etymology

Cognate with Sanskrit: मेष

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀

Cognate with Persian: میش

Cognate with Chorasmian:

In summary

From Proto-Iranian *mayšáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayšás, from Proto-Indo-European *móysos (“sheep, skin of sheep”). Cognate with Sanskrit मेष (meṣá), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀 (maēša), Persian میش (miš), Khwarezmian [script needed] (ʾmh), Ormuri [script needed] (maī), Munji [script needed] (mə́ya).