مگس

See also: مكس

Khalaj

Noun

مَگَس (mağas or məgəs) (definite accusative مَگَسی or مَگَسؽ, plural مَگَسلَر or مَگَسلار)

1. Arabic spelling of mağas, məgəs (“fly”)

Declension

Declension of مگس

	singular	plural
nominative	مگس	مگسلار
genitive	مگسؽݧ	مگسلارؽݧ
dative	مگسقا	مگسلارقا
definite accusative	مگسؽ	مگسلارؽ
locative	مگسچا	مگسلارچا
ablative	مگسدا	مگسلاردا
instrumental	مگسلا	مگسلارلا
equative	مگسوارا	مگسلاروارا

Declension of مگس

	singular	plural
nominative	مگس	مگسلَر
genitive	مگسۆݧ	مگسلَریݧ
dative	مگسکه	مگسلَرکه
definite accusative	مگسۆ	مگسلَری
locative	مگسچه	مگسلَرچه
ablative	مگسده	مگسلَرده
instrumental	مگسله	مگسلَرله
equative	مگسوارا	مگسلَروارا

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mks /⁠magas⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *makácaH, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákš (“fly”). Compare Sanskrit मशक (maśaka).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ma.ɡas]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ɡäs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ɡäs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.ɡäs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.ɡäs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.ɡʲæs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ɡäs]

Readings
Classical reading?	magas
Dari reading?	magas
Iranian reading?	magas
Tajik reading?	magas

Noun

Dari	مَگَس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	магас

مگس • (magas) (plural مگس‌ها (magas-hâ))

1. 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].

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• مگس خانگی (magas-e xânegi)
• مگس سرکه (magas-e serke)
• مگس پراندن (magas parândan)
• مگسی (magasi)
• مگس‌خوار (magas-xâr)
• مگس‌ناک (magas-nâk)
• مگس‌وار (magas-vâr)
• مگس‌کش (magas-koš)
• مگس‌گیر (magas-gir)

Descendants

• → Central Kurdish: مەگەز (megez)
• → Khalaj: mağas
• → Ottoman Turkish: مگس (meges)
  • Turkish: meges