میل

See also: ميل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic مِيل (mīl), from Ancient Greek μήλη (mḗlē, “probe”).

Noun

میل • (mil)

1. any pointed instrument, acute tool of iron
   1. probe

      Synonyms: اسقندیل (iskandil), سونده (sonda)

   2. a style wherewith stibium is applied to the lashes, needle for makeup
   3. drill, crowbar

Descendants

• Turkish: mil

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَيْل (mayl), verbal noun of مَالَ (māla, “to lean”).

Noun

میل • (meyl)

1. inclination, slant
2. pivot, axle

Etymology 3

From Arabic مِيل (mīl), from Latin mīlle passuum (literally “a thousand of paces”).

Noun

میل • (mil)

1. mile
2. milestone, column, obelisk, boundary stone

Descendants

• Turkish: mil

References

• Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 48
• Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) “میل”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 900

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَيْل (mayl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [majl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäjl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäjl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäjl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäjl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mejl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäjl]

Readings
Classical reading?	mayl
Dari reading?	mayl
Iranian reading?	meyl
Tajik reading?	mayl

Noun

میل • (meyl)

1. (deferential, formal) inclination
   • 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 140:

     بباغ خلد نبود تازه سروی چون قد یارم
     دریغ اما که میلی سوی هر خار و خسی دارد

     ba-bāğ-i xuld na-bwad tāza sarwē čūn qad-i yāram
     dirēğ ammā ki maylē sō-yi har xār u xasē dārad

     No fresh cypress in the Eternal Garden is like my beloved's stature,
     But alas that she is inclined towards every thorn and weed!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• میل داشتن (meyl dâštan, “to want”)
• میل فرمودن (meyl farmudan, “to eat, to take”)
• میل کردن (meyl kardan, “to eat, to take”)

 

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِيل (mīl).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /miːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

مِیل • (mīl) m (Hindi spelling मील)

1. mile (unit of measurement)

Declension

Declension of میل
	singular	plural
direct	میل (mīl)	میل (mīl)
oblique	میل (mīl)	میلوں (mīlõ)
vocative	میل (mīl)	میلو (mīlo)

References

• “میل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “میل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.