میز

See also: ميز‎, مێز‎, and میر‎

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian my(ʾ)zd (mēzd, “offering, meal”). Compare Kurdish mêze (“table”) and Pashto مېز‎ (mez).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /meːz~miːz/
• (Dari): IPA^(key): /meːz~miːz/
• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /miːz~miːz/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /mez~miz/

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Noun

Dari Persian	میز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	миз (miz)

میز • (miz) (plural میزها‎ (miz-hâ))

1. table
2. desk

Derived terms

• میزبان‎ (mizbân)

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: ميز‎ (mēz)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

میز • (miz)

1. (obsolete) urine

Derived terms

• میزراه‎ (mizrâh)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “میز”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mēzd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian میز‎ (miz).

Noun

میز • (mez) f (Hindi spelling मेज़)

1. table