میز

See also: مێز‎ and میر‎

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
Iranian Persian	میز‎
Tajiki Persian	миз (miz)

میز • (miz) (plural میزها‎ (miz-hâ))

table
desk

Derived terms

میزبان‎ (mizbân)

Etymology 2

From the verb (mizidan), (mixtan) "to urinate". Compare Kurdish mîz (“urine”).

Noun

میز • (miz)

(obsolete) urine

Derived terms

میزراه‎ (mizrâh)

References

“میز” in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, Dehkhoda Dictionary, Tehran: University of Tehran Press, 1931–.
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mēzd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian (miz).

Noun

میز • (mez) f (Hindi spelling मेज़)

table

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