میغ

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian myγ (mēγ, “cloud, mist”), from Parthian, from Proto-Iranian *Hmaygáh (compare Manichaean Parthian myg, Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬖𐬀-‎ (maēγa-, “cloud”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás (compare Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ- (“cloud, mist, fog”).

Related to Persian ‎ (meh), and cognate with Kurdish Northern Kurdish mij.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /meːɣ/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /meːɣ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /miːɢ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /meɣ/

Noun

میغ • (miğ)

(archaic, poetic) cloud
fog, mist

Descendants

→ Urdu: میغ‎ (mēğ)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian ‎ (mēğ, “cloud; fog, mist”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /meːɣ/, /miːɣ/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /meːɣ/, /miːɣ/

Noun

میغ • (mēğ) ?

cloud; especially a dark cloud, storm cloud
fog; mist

Derived terms

شبِ میغ‎ (šab-e-mēğ, “cloudy night”)

References

“میغ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

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