میزان

See also: ميزان‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِيزَان‎ (mīzān, “balance, scales”).

Noun

میزان • (mizan), plural موازین‎ (mevazin)

1. balance, pair of scales, a device for measuring weight

   Synonym: ترازو‎ (terazi)

2. (mathematics) proof of any arithmetical operation
3. (astronomy) Libra, a constellation of the Zodiac

   Synonym: ترازو‎ (terazi)

4. (astrology) Libra, the zodiac sign for the scales

   Synonym: ترازو‎ (terazi)

5. (accounting) balance sheet, a summary of assets, liabilities and equity
6. (figuratively) balance, equity, justice, impartiality

Derived terms

• میزانه چكمك‎ (mizana çekmek, “to weigh”)

Descendants

• Turkish: mizan

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “mizan1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3246
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “میزان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1256
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Libra”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 947
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “میزان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 5072
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mizan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “میزان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2055

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مِيزَان‎ (mīzān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /miːˈzɑːn/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /miːˈzɑːn/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /miːˈzɒːn/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /miˈzɔn/

Noun

میزان • (mizân)

1. balance
2. scales
3. (music) bar, measure

Synonyms

• ترازو‎ (tarâzu)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मीज़ान (mīzān)

  Urdu: میزان‎ (mīzān)

• → Uzbek: mezon

Proper noun

میزان • (mizân)

1. (Dari and dated elsewhere) Mizan, the seventh month of the solar Persian calendar.

   Synonym: مهر‎ (mehr)

See also

• Solar Hijri calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian میزان‎ (mizân), from Arabic مِيزَان‎ (mīzān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /miː.zɑːn/

Noun

میزان • (mīzān) f (Hindi spelling मीज़ान)

1. balance
2. scales

Synonyms

• تلا‎ (tulā)
• ترازو‎ (tarāzū)