می

See also: مي‎

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian HS / mdy (may, “wine”), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian *madu-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, mead”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /mæj/
(Dari): IPA^(key): /mæj/
(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /mej/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /maj/

Noun

Dari Persian	می‎
Iranian Persian	می‎
Tajiki Persian	май (may)

می • (mey)

(literary) wine
alcoholic beverage

Synonyms

شراب‎ (šarâb)
باده‎ (bâde) (archaic, poetic)
مل‎ (mol) (archaic)

Derived terms

میدان‎ (meydân)
میخانه‎ (meyxâne)
میکده‎ (meykade)
میستان‎ (meyestân)
میگساری‎ (meygosâri)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian.

Alternative forms

(archaic) همی‎ (hami-)

Pronunciation

(Dari, Tajik) IPA^(key): [meː]
(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [miː]
(Mashhadi) IPA^(key): [me]

Prefix

Dari Persian	می‎
Iranian Persian	می‎
Tajiki Persian	ме- (me-)

می • (mi-)

A non-combining prefix used in the present and the imperfect tenses
(mi-) + (kardam, “I did”) = (mi-kardam, “I used to do; I was doing”)

Etymology 3

From English May.

Proper noun

Dari Persian	می‎
Iranian Persian	مه‎
Tajiki Persian	май (may)

می • (transliteration needed)

(Dari (Afghanistan)) May

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mej/

Preposition

می • (mey)

(dialectal, Shiraz, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) except

Conjunction

می • (mey)

(dialectal, Shiraz, Kazerun, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) but
(dialectal, Shiraz, Khesht, Kazerun, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) unless

Etymology 5

Noun

می • (mi)

(music) E, Mi (the third note of the fixed-Do solfège scale)
(music) Mi (the third note of the movable-Do solfège scale, i.e. the mediant)

Southwestern Fars

Noun

می (mi)

(Masarm, Deh Sarv) hair

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