میز

See also: مێز‎ and میر‎

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PersianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

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NounEdit

Dari Persian	میز‎
Iranian Persian	میز‎
Tajiki Persian	миз (miz)

میز • (miz) (plural میزها‎ (miz-hâ))

1. table
2. desk

Derived termsEdit

• میزبان‎ (mizbân)

Etymology 2Edit

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

NounEdit

میز • (miz)

1. (obsolete) urine

Derived termsEdit

• میزراه‎ (mizrâh)

ReferencesEdit

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

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UrduEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Persian میز‎ (miz).

NounEdit

میز • (mez) f (Hindi spelling मेज़)

1. table