See also: ميز‎, مێز, and میر

Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (myʾzd), [Book Pahlavi needed] (myʾzd /⁠mēzd⁠/, sacrifice, offering meal; table[1]), [Book Pahlavi needed] (mēzag, small table[2]).[3][4][5] Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀(myazda, sacrifice), Khotanese [script needed] (mastāña, fodder), Sanskrit मियेध (miyédha, sacrificial oblation, offering of food).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? mēz
Dari reading? mēz
Iranian reading? miz
Tajik reading? miz
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Noun edit

Dari میز
Iranian Persian
Tajik миз

میز (miz) (plural میزها(miz-hâ))

  1. table
    میزِ آرایِش‎ ― miz-e ârâyešdressing table
  2. desk
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Armenian: մեզ (mez)
  • Gulf Arabic: ميز(mēz)
  • Omani Arabic: ميز(mēz)
    • Maore Comorian: meza
    • Swahili: meza (see there for further descendants)
  • Bashkardi:
    Minabi: میز(miz)
  • Bengali: মেজ (mez)
  • Kermanic: mīz
  • Hindi: मेज़ (mez)
  • Ishkashimi: میز (mēz)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: مێز(mêz)
    Northern Kurdish: mêz
  • Marathi: मेज (mej̈)
  • Ormuri: میز(mez)
  • Parachi: میز (mēz)
  • Pashto: مېز(mez)
  • Punjabi: ਮੇਜ਼ (mez), ਮੇਜ (mej)
  • Sanglechi: میز (mēz)
  • Shughni: mēz
  • Talysh: миз (miz)
  • Urdu: میز(mez)
  • Wakhi: miz
  • Yidgha: میز(mīz)

Etymology 2 edit

From the verb میزیدن(mizidan), میختن(mixtan) "to urinate". Compare Northern Kurdish mîz (urine).

Noun edit

میز (miz)

  1. (obsolete) urine
Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979), “phaysdve”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 259
  2. ^ Durkin-Meisteremst, Desmond (2014) Grammatik des Westmitteliranischen (Parthisch und Mittelpersisch) (Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historische) (in German), Viena: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, pages 159, 157
  3. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mēzd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 56
  4. ^ Asatrian, Garnik S. (2011), “mīz”, in A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects (in Persian and English), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 281
  5. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979), “mastān̄a”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 326

Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian میز(mēz).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

میز (mezf (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੇਜ਼)

  1. table

Declension edit

Declension of میز
dir. sg. میز(mez)
dir. pl. میزاں(mezāṉ)
singular plural
direct میز(mez) میزاں(mezāṉ)
oblique میز(mez) میزاں(mezāṉ)
vocative میزے(meze) میزو(mezo)
ablative میزوں(mezoṉ)
locative میزے(meze) میزِیں(mezīṉ)
instrumental میزے(meze) میزیں(mezīṉ)

References edit

  • میز‎”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “میز‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian میز(mēz), possibly influenced by Portuguese mesa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

میز (mezf (Hindi spelling मेज़)

  1. table
    Synonym: ٹیبَل(ṭebal)
  2. (loosely) desk

Declension edit

Declension of میز
singular plural
direct میز (mez) میزیں(mezẽ)
oblique میز (mez) میزوں(mezõ)
vocative میز (mez) میزو(mezo)

References edit

  • میز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • میز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

Ushojo edit

Etymology edit

From Urdu میز(mez).

Noun edit

میز (mez)

  1. table, desk