میز

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

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [meːz]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [meːz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [meːz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [meːz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [miːz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [miz]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mēz
Dari reading^?	mēz
Iranian reading^?	miz
Tajik reading^?	miz

Audio (Iran) (file)

Noun edit


Iranian Persian	میز
Dari	میز
Tajik	миз

میز • (miz) (plural میزها‎ (miz-hâ))

table
‏‎ ― miz-e ârâyeš ― dressing table
desk

Related terms edit

میزبان‎ (mizbân)

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 ‎ (mizidan), ‎ (mixtan) "to urinate". Compare Northern Kurdish mîz (“urine”).

Noun edit

میز • (miz)

(obsolete) urine

Derived terms edit

میزراه‎ (mizrâh)

References edit

^ Bailey, H. W. (1979), “phaysdve”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 259
^ 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
^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mēzd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 56
^ Asatrian, Garnik S. (2011), “mīz”, in A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects (in Persian and English), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 281
^ 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 ‎ (mēz).

Pronunciation edit

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /meːzə̆/
(India) IPA^(key): /meːd͡ʒə̆/

Noun edit

میز • (mez) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੇਜ਼)

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

Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:

میز‎

Wikipedia ^ur

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /meːz/
Rhymes: -eːz

Noun edit

میز • (mez) f (Hindi spelling मेज़)

table
Synonym: ٹیبَل‎ (ṭebal)
(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)

table, desk

[1] Bailey, H. W. (1979), “phaysdve”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 259

[Durkin-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

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