تمیز

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تمیز‎ (tamiz), from Arabic تَمْيِيز‎ (tamyīz).

Adjective

تمیز • (temiz)

  1. pure, clean, free of flaws or imperfections
    Synonyms: آری‎ (arı), پاك‎ (pak), خالص‎ (halis), صفی‎ (safi)
  2. honest, honorable, respectable, estimable

Derived terms
  • تمیزلتمك‎ (temizletmek, “to make or let be cleaned”)
  • تمیزلك‎ (temizlik, “cleanness; purity”)
  • تمیزلمك‎ (temizlemek, “to clean, clear away”)
  • تمیزلنمك‎ (temizlenmek, “to become clean”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: temiz
  • → Serbo-Croatian: tèmiz / тѐмиз

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمْيِيز‎ (tamyīz).

Pronunciation
  • (Dari): IPA(key): /tamiːz/

Adjective
Dari تمیز
Iranian Persian
Tajik пок (pok), тоза (toza) (pok (pok), toza (toza))

تمیز • (tamiz) (comparative تمیزتَر‎ (tamiz-tar), superlative تمیزتَرین‎ (tamiz-tarin))

  1. clean, neat, tidy
    Antonym: کثیف‎ (kasif)
  2. properly done

Inflection
    Enclitic-attached forms of تمیز (tamiz)
    Basic forms of تمیز (tamiz)
bare تمیز
(tamiz)
ezâfe تمیز
(tamiz-e)
marked indefinite
or relative definite		 تمیزی‎
(tamiz-i)
    Possessive forms of تمیز (tamiz)
singular plural
1st person
(“my, our”)		 تمیزم‎
(tamizam)		 تمیزمان‎
(tamizemân)
[Term?]△
(tamizemun)
2nd person
(“your”)		 تمیزت‎
(tamizat)
[Term?]△
(tamizet)		 تمیزتان‎
(tamizetân)
[Term?]△
(tamizetun)
3rd person
(“his, her, its, their”)		 تمیزش‎
(tamizaš)
[Term?]△
(tamizeš)		 تمیزشان‎
(tamizešân)
[Term?]△
(tamizešun)
△ Colloquial.
    Predicative forms of تمیز (tamiz)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)		 تمیزم‎
(tamizam)		 تمیزیم‎
(tamizim)
2nd person
(“you are”)		 تمیزی‎
(tamizi)		 تمیزید‎
(tamizid)
تمیزین‎ △
(tamizin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)		 تمیز است‎
(tamiz ast)
تمیزه‎ △
(tamize)		 تمیزند‎
(tamizand)
تمیزن‎ △
(tamizan)
△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

تمیز • (tamiz)

  1. discernment; discrimination between things

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تمیز‎ (tamīz), itself from Arabic تَمْيِيز‎ (tamyīz).

Pronunciation

Noun

تَمِیز • (tamīz) f (Hindi spelling तमीज़)

  1. manners, etiquette
  2. respect

Declension
Declension of تمیز
singular plural
direct تَمِیز‎ (tamīz) تَمِیزیں‎ (tamīzẽ)
oblique تَمِیز‎ (tamīz) تَمِیزوں‎ (tamīzõ)
vocative تَمِیز‎ (tamīz) تَمِیزو‎ (tamīzo)

Derived terms

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