میغ

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian myγ (mēγ, “cloud, mist”), from Parthian, from Proto-Iranian *Hmaygáh (compare Manichaean Parthian myg, Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬖𐬀- (maēγa-, “cloud”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás (compare Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ- (“cloud, mist, fog”).

Related to Persian مه (meh), and cognate with Kurdish Northern Kurdish mij.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [meːɣ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [meːɣ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [meːɣ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [meːɣ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [meːɣ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [miːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [meʁ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mēğ
Dari reading?	mēğ
Iranian reading?	miğ
Tajik reading?	meġ

Noun

میغ • (miğ)

1. (archaic, poetic) cloud
2. fog, mist

Descendants

• → Urdu: میغ (mēğ)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian میغ (mēğ, “cloud; fog, mist”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /meːɣ/, /miːɣ/

Noun

میغ • (meġ) ? (Hindi spelling मेग़)

1. cloud; especially a dark cloud, storm cloud
2. fog; mist

Derived terms

• شبِ میغ (šab-e-mēğ, “cloudy night”)

References

• “میغ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.