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মেজ

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Bengali

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Sanskrit মধ্য (madhya), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (between, in the middle, middle). Cognate with Latin medius (middle, medium), English mid, middle.

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Adjective

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মেজ (mejo) (comparative আরও মেজ, superlative সবচেয়ে মেজ)

  1. secondborn, second in age
  2. middle, medium

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Classical Persian میز (mēz), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (myʾzd /⁠mēzd⁠/, sacrifice, offering meal; table[1]), [Book Pahlavi needed] (mēzag, small table[2]).[3][4][5] Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀 (myazda, sacrifice), Khotanese [script needed] (mastāña, fodder) and Sanskrit मियेध (miyédha, sacrificial oblation, offering of food).

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Noun

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মেজ (mej) (objective মেজ (mej) or মেজকে (mejoke), genitive মেজের (mejer), locative মেজে (meje))

  1. desk, table
    Synonyms: টেবিল (ṭebil), ডেস্ক (ḍesk)
    আমরা যদি পাতিয়াছি মেজে
    amra jodiō patiẏachi meje
    Even if we have laid it out in the table.
    Rabindranath Tagore

References

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  1. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “phaysdve”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 259
  2. ^ Grammatik des Westmitteliranischen (Parthisch und Mittelpersisch) (Durkin-Meisteremst, Desmond) (Please provide the book title or journal name) (in German), Viena: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, pages 159, 157
  3. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mēzd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 56
  4. ^ Asatrian, Garnik (2011) “mīz”, in A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects[1] (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 281
  5. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “mastān̄a”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 326