مه

Arabic

Verb

مَهْ • (mah) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of مَاهَ‎ (māha)

Verb

مُهْ • (muh) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of مَاهَ‎ (māha)

Mazanderani

Determiner

مه (me)

  1. my

Persian

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /mah/

    Noun

    Dari مه
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik маҳ (mah)

    مه • (mah)

    1. (poetic) Alternative form of ماه‎ (mâh, “moon”)
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    From Proto-Iranian *HmíčaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmíčš, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*h₃meygʰ- (“fog, mist, cloud”).

    Cognates with English mist, Vedic Sanskrit मिह् (mih, “fog, mist”), Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “fog, mist”), and Lithuanian miglà (“mist, haze”). Also Related to Persian میغ‎ (miğ) and Hindi मेघ (megh) both meaning cloud.

    Pronunciation

      • (Dari): IPA(key): /mɪh/

      Noun

      مه • (meh)

      1. fog, mist
      Synonyms

      Etymology 3

      Borrowed from French mai.

      Pronunciation

      Proper noun

      Dari می‎
      Iranian Persian مه
      Tajik май (may)

      مه • (me)

      1. (Iran) May

      See also

      Etymology 4

      colloquial form of من‎ (man, "i, me") used in some dialects.

      Pronunciation

      • (Dari) IPA(key): /ma/
      • (Harat) IPA(key): /mə/
      • (Sistani) IPA(key): /me/

      Pronoun

      مه • (mə, me, ma)

      1. (colloquially) first-person singular pronoun: I, me
        ‏مه نمی‌فهمم‎
        ma namê-fahmam
        I don't understand
      Usage notes

      Used primarily in informal situations and, as a colloquialism, implies closeness or friendliness.

      Etymology 5

      From Middle Persian 𐫖𐫏𐫆‎ (myẖ /meh/), from Proto-Iranian *majā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”). Cognate with English mickle.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /meh/

      Adjective

      Dari مه
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik меҳ (meh)

      مه • (meh)

      1. (archaic) big, great, mickle

      Noun

      مه • (meh) (plural مهان‎ (mehân))

      1. (archaic) big, great, mickle
      Antonyms

      Derived terms

      Etymology 6

      From Middle Persian 𐫖𐫀‎ (mʾ /ma/), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠 (m-a /mā/), from Proto-Iranian *máH, Proto-Indo-Iranian *maH, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /mæ/

      Particle

      Dari مه
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik ма (ma)

      مه • (ma)

      1. (rare) prohibitive particle
        ‏میازار موری که دانه‌کش است که جان دارد و جان شیرین خوش است‎
        mayâzâr muri ke dâne-keš ast ke jân dârad o jâne širin xoš ast
        Do not harass the ant that carries the seed, for it has life, and sweet life is happiness

      References

      • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “مه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
      • Horn, Paul (1893), “me”, in Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 998, page 224
      • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “مه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 1235a
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