میزان

See also: ميزان‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِيزَان‎ (mīzān, “balance, scales”).

Noun

میزان • (mizan) (plural موازین‎ (mevazin))

balance, pair of scales, a device for measuring weight
Synonym: ترازو‎ (terazi)
(mathematics) proof of any arithmetical operation
(astronomy) Libra, a constellation of the Zodiac
Synonym: ترازو‎ (terazi)
(astrology) Libra, the zodiac sign for the scales
Synonym: ترازو‎ (terazi)
(accounting) balance sheet, a summary of assets, liabilities and equity
(figuratively) balance, equity, justice, impartiality

Derived terms

میزانه چكمك‎ (mizana çekmek, “to weigh”)

Descendants

Turkish: mizan

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “mizan1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3246
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “میزان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1256
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Libra”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 947
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “میزان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 5072
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mizan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “میزان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2055

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مِيزَان‎ (mīzān).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /miːˈzɑːn/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /miːˈzɑːn/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /miːˈzɒːn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /miˈzɔn/

Noun

میزان • (mizân)

Synonyms

ترازو‎ (tarâzu)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: मीज़ान (mīzān)

Urdu: میزان‎ (mīzān)
→ Uzbek: mezon

Proper noun

میزان • (mizân)

(Dari and dated elsewhere) Mizan, the seventh month of the solar Persian calendar.
Synonym: مهر‎ (mehr)

See also

Solar Hijri calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (mizân), from Arabic مِيزَان‎ (mīzān).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /miː.zɑːn/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /miː.zɑːn/

Noun

میزان • (mīzān) f (Hindi spelling मीज़ान)

Synonyms

تلا‎ (tulā)
ترازو‎ (tarāzū)

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