مویز

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian *maywēz, equalling می‎ (mey, “wine”) and an unknown second element. Compare Northern Kurdish mêwîj (“raisins”) and Mazanderani ممیج‎ (mamij, “raisins”).

Noun

مویز • (maviz, meviz)

  1. raisins
  • میویزه‎ (meyvize), میویژه‎ (meyviže), مویزه‎ (mavize), میویزک‎ (meyvizak), مویزک‎ (mavizak, inherited diminutives also used as plant names passed into Arabic مَيْوِيزَج‎ (maywīzaj, “stavesacre”) and Classical Syriac ܡܝܘܝܙܓ‎ (mīwēzag, “grapes”))

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: məviz, meviz, meviç, mövüz, standard mövüc
  • → Kazakh: мейіз (meiız)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مویز‎ (meviz)
  • → Uzbek: mayiz

References

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