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мезе

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze, taste, snack).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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мезе́ (mezén

  1. (colloquial) meze, snack

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Anagrams

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Macedonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze, taste, snack).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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мезе (mezen

  1. (colloquial) snack

Declension

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Declension of мезе
singular plural
indefinite мезе (meze) мезиња (mezinja)
definite unspecified мезето (mezeto) мезињата (mezinjata)
definite proximal мезево (mezevo) мезињава (mezinjava)
definite distal мезено (mezeno) мезињана (mezinjana)
vocative мезе (meze) мезиња (mezinja)

Moksha

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *meźə, compounded from *me- (what) and *śe (this). Cognates include Erzya мезе (meze), Finnish mikä, Estonian mis, Livonian mis, Northern Sami [Term?] (mii), Eastern Mari мо (mo), Komi-Zyrian мый (myj), Udmurt ма (ma), Northern Khanty мўй (mŭj), Northern Mansi ма̄ныр (mānyr), Hungarian mi.[1]

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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мезе (meze)

  1. (interrogative, relative) what
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      аш мезе, аш местьaš meze , aš mesťnothing
      мезе-бъди, кати-мезеmeze-bədi , kati-mezesomething
      мезевокmezevoknothing
      лия мезеlijä mezetype (variety/character of something)
      ули мезенксаuli mezenksato be worth

Declension

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 mis”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze, taste, snack). Akin to мезѐтлук.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /měze/
  • Hyphenation: ме‧зе

Noun

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мѐзе n (Latin spelling mèze)

  1. (regional) snack, bite

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • мезе”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 462