مویز

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian *maywēz, from Proto-Iranian *madwī-ča-, analyzable as می (mey, wine) + an unknown second element. Compare Northern Kurdish mêwîj (raisins) and Mazanderani ممیج (mamij, raisins).

Noun

مویز • (maviz, meviz)

  1. raisins
  • میویزه (meyvize), میویژه (meyviže), مویزه (mavize), میویزک (meyvizak), مویزک (mavizak, inherited diminutives also used as plant names passed into Arabic مَيْوِيزَج (maywīzaj, stavesacre) and Classical Syriac ܡܝܘܝܙܓ (mīwēzag, grapes))

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: məviz, meviz, meviç, mövüz, standard mövüc
  • Kazakh: мейіз (meiız)
  • Ottoman Turkish: مویز (meviz)
  • Uzbek: mayiz

References

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