محیی

See also: محيي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُحْيِي (muḥyī).

Adjective

محیی • (muhyi)

1. who causes or allows to live
2. who sustains alive
3. (God) who quickens or resuscitates the lifeless
4. that makes flourish, invigorates or enriches

Derived terms

• محیی الدین (muhyiddin, “surname of men”)
• محیی ممیت (muhyi-mümit, “God, who causes to live and to die”)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محیی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُحْيِي (muḥyī).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muh.jiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞ɦ.jiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞ɦ.jiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.jiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.ji]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moɦ.jiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɵh.ji]

Readings
Classical reading?	muhyī
Dari reading?	mohyī
Iranian reading?	mohyi
Tajik reading?	mühyi

Noun

Dari	محیی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	муҳйӣ

محیی • (mohyi)

1. a reviver

Adjective

محیی • (mohyi)

1. reviving, vivifying

Derived terms

• محیی‌الدین (mohyi-d-din)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “محیی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, volume 2, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 84