میزان

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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

Noun

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میزان (mizan) (plural موازین (mevazin))

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

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: mizan

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مِيزَان (mīzān).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? mīzān
Dari reading? mīzān
Iranian reading? mizân
Tajik reading? mizon

Noun

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میزان (mizân)

  1. balance; pair of scales
    Synonym: ترازو (tarâzu)
  2. amount; rate
    میزان رشدmizân-e rošdgrowth rates
    میزان درآمد اوmizân-e darâmad-e uamount of his income
    میزان ازدواج کل کشورmizân-e ezdevâj-e koll-e kešvarmarriage rates in the entire country
  3. (music) bar, measure

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Proper noun

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میزان (mizân)

  1. (Dari and dated elsewhere) Mizan, the seventh month of the solar Persian calendar.
    Synonym: مهر (mehr)
  2. Short for برج میزان (borz-e mizân, the constellation Libra).

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian میزان (mīzān), from Arabic مِيزَان (mīzān).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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میزان (mīzānf (Hindi spelling मीज़ान)

  1. balance
  2. scales

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