мезе

See also: meze

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مزه‎ (meze), from Persian مزه‎ (maze, “taste, snack”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mɛˈzɛ]

Noun

мезе́ • (mezé) n

  1. (colloquial) meze, snack

Declension
Declension of мезе́
singular plural
indefinite мезе́
mezé		 мезе́та
mezéta
definite мезе́то
mezéto		 мезе́тата
mezétata

Macedonian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مزه‎ (meze), from Persian مزه‎ (maze, “taste, snack”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛzɛ]

Noun

мезе • (meze) n

  1. (colloquial) snack

Declension
Declension of мезе
singular plural
indefinite мезе мезиња
definite unspecified мезето мезињата
definite proximal мезево мезињава
definite distal мезено мезињана
vocative мезе мезиња

Moksha

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *mi and се (śe) (from Proto-Uralic *će). Cognates include Erzya мезе (meźe), Finnish mikä, Estonian mis, Livonian mis, Northern Sami [Term?] (mii), Eastern Mari мо (mo), Komi-Zyrian мый (myj), Udmurt ма (ma), Khanty мўй (mŭj), Mansi ма̄ныр (mānyr), Hungarian mi.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mezʲæ/[1]

Pronoun

мезе • (meźe)

  1. (interrogative, relative) what
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      аш мезе, аш месть ― aš meźe, aš mesť ― nothing
      мезе-бъди, кати-мезе ― meźe-bǎďi, kaťi-meźe ― something
      мезевок ― meźevok ― nothing
      лия мезе ― ľija meźe ― type (variety/character of something)
      ули мезенкса ― uľi meźenksa ― to be worth

Declension
Indefinite declension of мезе
singular plural
nominative мезе (meźe) —
genitive мезень (meźeń) —
dative мезенди (meźenďi) —
ablative мезьда (meźda) —
inessive мезьса (meźsa) —
elative мезьста (meźsta) —
illative мезьс (meźs) —
prolative мезьга (meźga) —
comparative мезьшка (meźška) —
translative мезькс (meźks) —
abessive мезьфтома (meźftoma) —
causative мезенкса (meźenksa) —

References
  1. mis in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مزه‎ (meze), from Persian مزه‎ (maze, “taste, snack”). Akin to мезѐтлук.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /měze/
  • Hyphenation: ме‧зе

Noun

мѐзе n (Latin spelling mèze)

  1. (regional) snack, bite

Declension
Declension of мезе
singular plural
nominative мезе меза
genitive меза меза
dative мезу мезима
accusative мезе меза
vocative мезе меза
locative мезу мезима
instrumental мезем мезима

Derived terms
  • мѐзетити
  • замѐзетити

References
  • “мезе” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 462
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