মেজ

Bengali

Alternative forms

মেঝো (mejhō), মেজো (mejō), মেঝ (mejho)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit मध्य (madhya), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with Latin medius (“middle, medium”), English mid, middle.

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /medʒo/, [medʒoˑ]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /mɛdʑo/, [mɛdʑoˑ], /medʑo/, [medʑoˑ]

Adjective

মেজ • (mejo) (comparative আরও মেজ, superlative সবচেয়ে মেজ)

secondborn, second in age
middle, medium

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (mēz), from Middle Persian [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”) and Sanskrit मियेध (miyédha, “sacrificial oblation, offering of food”).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /mez/, [meːz]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /mɛz/, [mɛːz], /mez/, [meːz]

Noun

মেজ • (mej) (objective মেজ (mej) or মেজকে (mejoke), genitive মেজের (mejer), locative মেজে (meje))

desk, table
আমরা যদি ও পাতিয়াছি মেজে
amra jodiō patiẏachi meje
Even if we have laid it out in the table.
Rabindranath Tagore

Synonyms: টেবিল (ṭebil), ডেস্ক (ḍesk)

References

Bailey, H. W. (1979), “phaysdve”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 259
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
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mēzd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 56
Asatrian, Garnik S. (2011), “mīz”, in A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects (in Persian and English), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 281
Bailey, H. W. (1979), “mastān̄a”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 326

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[1] Bailey, H. W. (1979), “phaysdve”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 259

[Durkin-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