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میده

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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Likely from Classical Persian مَیْدَه (mayda), referring to fine grains of flour.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Dari reading? mayda

Adjective

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میده (mayda) (Dari)

  1. broken, shattered
  2. smashed, crushed
  3. ground (up), pulverised
  4. small, fine
    Synonyms: ریزه (rēza / rize), کوچک (kōčak / kučak)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? mayda
Dari reading? mayda
Iranian reading? meyde
Tajik reading? mayda

Noun

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میده (mayda) (Classical Persian, now archaic)

  1. fine wheat flour; sifted flour
  2. white bread (bread made from refined flour)
Derived terms
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  • میده کردن (mayda kardan / meyde kardan, to grind, to pulverise [flour])
Descendants
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Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? mayda
Dari reading? mayda
Iranian reading? meyde
Tajik reading? mayda

Noun

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میده (mayda) (Classical Persian, now archaic)

  1. a kind of sweetmeat made with grape syrup and starch

Etymology 4

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? mīḏa
Dari reading? mīda
Iranian reading? mide
Tajik reading? mida

Noun

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میده (mīda) (Classical Persian, now archaic)

  1. a chaste woman

Further reading

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  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “میده”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “میده”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
  • میده”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afğānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023
  • میده”, in The Wilson English - Dari Dictionary (Webonary), SIL International, 2013