میز
Persian
Etymology 1
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] from Proto-Iranian *m(i)yazda- (“sacrificial food”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *myázdʰas (“sacrificial oblation”).[6] Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀 (myazda, “sacrifice”), Khotanese [script needed] (mastāña, “fodder”), Sanskrit मियेध (miyédha, “sacrificial oblation, offering of food”); see the Sanskrit term for theories on the root.
Pronunciation
- (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)
Related terms
- میزبان (mizbân)
Descendants
- → Armenian: մեզ (mez)
- → Gulf Arabic: ميز (mēz)
- → Omani Arabic: ميز (mēz)
- → 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
From the verb میزیدن (mizidan), میختن (mixtan) "to urinate". Compare Northern Kurdish mîz (“urine”).
Derived terms
- میزراه (mizrâh)
References
- 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 (2011) “mīz”, in A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects (in Persian), 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
- Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) “pages-363-4”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian میز (mēz).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /meːzə̆/
- (India) IPA(key): /meːd͡ʒə̆/
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian میز (mēz), possibly influenced by Portuguese mesa.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /meːz/
- Rhymes: -eːz
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