مه
Arabic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]مَهْ or مَهٍ • (mah or mahin)
- (defective) Stop!
- مَهْ عَنْ إِطْلَاقِ ٱلشَّائِعَاتِ الخَبِيثةِ.
- mah ʕan ʔiṭlāqi š-šāʔiʕāti l-ḵabīṯati.
- Stop starting malicious rumors.
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]مه (form I)
- مُهْ (muh) /muh/: second-person masculine singular imperative of مَاهَ (māha)
- مِهْ (mih) /mih/: second-person masculine singular imperative of مَاهَ (māha)
- مَهْ (mah) /mah/: second-person masculine singular imperative of مَاهَ (māha)
Azerbaijani
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French mai, from Latin (mēnsis) Māius.
Noun
[edit]مه (mə)
See also
[edit]- (Gregorian calendar months): ژانویه (janviyə), فئوریه (fevriyə), مارس (mars), آوریل (avril), مه (mə), ژوئن (juən), ژوئیه (juiyə), اوت (ut), سئپتامبر (septambr), اوْکتوْبر (oktobr), نوْوامبر (novambr), دئسامبر (desambr)
Mazanderani
[edit]Determiner
[edit]مه (me)
Persian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [mah]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mäʱ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | mah |
Dari reading? | mah |
Iranian reading? | mah |
Tajik reading? | mah |
Noun
[edit]Dari | مه |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | маҳ |
مه • (mah)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Iranian *HmíčaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmíkš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ-.
Cognates with English mist, Vedic Sanskrit मिह् (mih, “fog, mist”), Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “fog, mist”), and Lithuanian miglà (“mist, haze”). Related to میغ (mēğ / miğ).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [mih]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [meʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [meʱ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | mih |
Dari reading? | meh |
Iranian reading? | meh |
Tajik reading? | meh |
Noun
[edit]مه • (meh)
Etymology 3
[edit]Borrowed from French mai, from Latin (mēnsis) Māius.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [me]
Readings | |
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Iranian reading? | me |
Proper noun
[edit]مه • (me)
See also
[edit]Gregorian calendar months in Persian · ماههایِ تَقْویمِ گْریگوری (mâh-hâ-ye taqvim-e gregori) (Iranian Persian) (layout · text) | |||
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January | February | March | April |
ژانْوِیِه (žânviye) | فِوْرِیِه (fevriye) | مارْس (mârs) | آوْریل (âvril) |
May | June | July | August |
مِه (me) | ژوئَن (žu'an) | ژوئِیِه (žu'iye) | اوت (ut) |
September | October | November | December |
سِپْتامْبْر (septâmbr) | اُکْتُبْر (oktobr) | نُوامْبْر (novâmbr) | دِسامْبْر (desâmbr) |
- (5th month of the solar Persian calendar): مرداد (mordâd)
Etymology 4
[edit]From Middle Persian 𐫖𐫏𐫆 (myẖ /meh/), from Proto-Iranian *majā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”). Cognate with English mickle, much.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Dari | مه |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | меҳ |
مه • (meh)
Noun
[edit]مه • (meh) (plural مهان (mehân))
Antonyms
[edit]- که (keh)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 5
[edit]From Middle Persian 𐫖𐫀 (mʾ /ma/), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠 (m-a /mā/), from Proto-Iranian *máH, Proto-Indo-Iranian *maH, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁.
Pronunciation
[edit]Particle
[edit]Dari | مه |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ма |
مه • (ma)
- (rare) prohibitive particleمیازار موری که دانهکش است که جان دارد و جان شیرین خوش است
- mayâzâr muri ke dâne-keš ast ke jân dârad o jâne širin xoš ast
- Do not harass the ant that carries the seed, for it has life, and sweet life is happiness
Etymology 6
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]مه • (ma, me) (various regions)
- Colloquial form of من (man)
- مه نمیفامم ― ma namē-fāmum ― I don't understand
References
[edit]- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Horn, Paul (1893) “me”, in Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 998, page 224
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “مه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1235a
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