میز
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian my(ʾ)zd (mēzd, “offering, meal”). Compare Kurdish mêze (“table”) and Pashto مېز (mez).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /meːz/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /meːz/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /miːz/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /mez/
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Noun
Dari Persian | میز |
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Iranian Persian | میز |
Tajiki Persian | миз (miz) |
میز • (miz) (plural میزها (miz-hâ))
Derived terms
- میزبان (mizbân)
Etymology 2
From the verb میزیدن (mizidan), میختن (mixtan) "to urinate". Compare Kurdish mîz (“urine”).
Derived terms
- میزراه (mizrâh)
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “میز”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mēzd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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