میز

See also: ميز‎, مێز‎, and میر‎

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (myʾzd), [Book Pahlavi needed] (myʾzd /mēzd/, “sacrifice, offering meal; table[1]”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (mēzag, “small table[2]”).[3][4][5] Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀‎ (myazda, “sacrifice”), Khotanese [script needed] (mastāña, “fodder”), Sanskrit मियेध (miyédha, “sacrificial oblation, offering of food”).

Pronunciation

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Noun
Dari میز
Iranian Persian
Tajik миз (miz)

میز • (miz) (plural میزها‎ (miz-hâ))

  1. table
  2. desk
Descendants
  • → Armenian: մեզ (mez)
  • → Gulf Arabic: ميز‎ (mēz)
  • → Omani Arabic: ميز‎ (mēz)
    • → Maore Comorian: meza
    • → Swahili: meza (see there for further descendants)
  • → Bashkardi:
    Minabi: میز‎ (miz)
  • → Bengali: মেজ (mez)
  • → Kermanic: mīz
  • → Hindi: मेज़ (mez)
  • → Ishkashimi: میز (mēz)
  • → Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: مێز‎ (mêz)
    Northern Kurdish: mêz
  • → Marathi: मेज (mej̈)
  • → Ormuri: میز‎ (mez)
  • → Parachi: میز (mēz)
  • → Pashto: مېز‎ (mez)
  • → Punjabi: ਮੇਜ਼ (mez), ਮੇਜ (mej)
  • → Sanglechi: میز (mēz)
  • → Shughni: mēz
  • → Talysh: миз (miz)
  • → Urdu: میز‎ (mez)
  • → Wakhi: miz
  • → Yidgha: میز‎ (mīz)

Etymology 2

From the verb میزیدن‎ (mizidan), میختن‎ (mixtan) "to urinate". Compare Northern Kurdish mîz (“urine”).

Noun

میز • (miz)

  1. (obsolete) urine
Derived terms

References
  1. Bailey, H. W. (1979), “phaysdve”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 259
  2. Durkin-Meisteremst, Desmond (2014) Grammatik des Westmitteliranischen (Parthisch und Mittelpersisch) (Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historische) (in German), Viena: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, pages 159, 157
  3. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mēzd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 56
  4. Asatrian, Garnik S. (2011), “mīz”, in A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects (in Persian and English), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 281
  5. Bailey, H. W. (1979), “mastān̄a”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 326

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میز‎ (mēz).

Pronunciation

Noun

میز • (mez) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੇਜ਼)

  1. table

Declension
Declension of میز
dir. sg. میز‎ (mez)
dir. pl. میزاں‎ (mezāṉ)
singular plural
direct میز‎ (mez) میزاں‎ (mezāṉ)
oblique میز‎ (mez) میزاں‎ (mezāṉ)
vocative میزے‎ (meze) میزو‎ (mezo)
ablative میزوں‎ (mezoṉ) —
locative میزے‎ (meze) میزِیں‎ (mezīṉ)
instrumental میزے‎ (meze) میزیں‎ (mezīṉ)

References
  • “میز‎”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “میز‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میز‎ (mēz), possibly influenced by Portuguese mesa.

Pronunciation

Noun

میز • (transliteration needed) f (Hindi spelling मेज़)

  1. table
    Synonym: ٹیبَل‎ (ṭebal)
  2. (loosely) desk

Declension
Declension of میز
singular plural
direct میز‎ (mez) میزیں‎ (mezẽ)
oblique میز‎ (mez) میزوں‎ (mezõ)
vocative میز‎ (mez) میزو‎ (mezo)

References
  • “میز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “میز”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu میز‎ (mez).

Noun

میز (mez)

  1. table, desk
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