مگس
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See also: مكس
Khalaj
[edit]Noun
[edit]مَگَس (mağas or məgəs) (definite accusative مَگَسی or مَگَسؽ, plural مَگَسلَر or مَگَسلار)
Declension
[edit]Declension of مگس
Declension of مگس
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mks /magas/), from Proto-Iranian *makácaH, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákš (“fly”). Compare Sanskrit मशक (maśaka).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ma.ɡas]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæ.ɡʲæs]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mä.ɡäs]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | magas |
Dari reading? | magas |
Iranian reading? | magas |
Tajik reading? | magas |
Noun
[edit]Dari | مَگَس |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | магас |
مگس • (magas) (plural مگسها (magas-hâ))
- fly (insect)
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 190:
- لب لعلت عجب از عین نزاکت شکریست
که کرانی بود از سایه بال مگسش- lab-i la'lat ajab az ayn-i nazākat-i šakarī-st
ki karānē buwad az sāya-yi bāl-i magasaš - Strange that your ruby lips are from the essence of sugar's tenderness,
For one side of it is from the shadow of the fly's wings [i.e. it is very small].
- lab-i la'lat ajab az ayn-i nazākat-i šakarī-st
Derived terms
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- Khalaj lemmas
- Khalaj nouns
- Khalaj terms in Arabic script
- Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian
- Persian terms derived from Middle Persian
- Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian lemmas
- Persian nouns
- Persian terms with quotations
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