میز

See also: ميز, مێز, and میر

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (myʾzd), [Book Pahlavi needed] (myʾzd /⁠mēzd⁠/, “sacrifice, offering meal; table”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (mēzag, “small table”), from Proto-Iranian *m(i)yazda- (“sacrificial food”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *myázdʰas (“sacrificial oblation”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀 (myazda, “sacrifice”), Khotanese [script needed] (mastāña, “fodder”), Sanskrit मियेध (miyédha, “sacrificial oblation, offering of food”); see the Sanskrit term for theories on the root.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [meːz], [miːz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [meːz]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [miːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [miz]

Readings
Classical reading?	mēz, mīz
Dari reading?	mēz
Iranian reading?	miz
Tajik reading?	miz

• Audio (Iran):

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• Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

Dari	میز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	миз

میز • (miz) (plural میزها (miz-hâ))

2. table

   میزِ آرایِش ― miz-e ârâyeš ― dressing table

3. desk

Related terms

• میزبان (mizbân)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: (South Azerbaijani) miz
• → Armenian: մեզ (mez)
• → Gulf Arabic: ميز (mēz)
• → Omani Arabic: ميز (mēz)
  • → Maore Comorian: meza
  • → Swahili: meza (see there for further descendants)
• → Bashkardi:

  Minabi: میز (miz)

• → Bengali: মেজ (mez)
• → Kermanic: mīz
• → Hindi: मेज़ (mez)
• → Ishkashimi: میز (mēz)
• → Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مێز (mêz)

  Northern Kurdish: mêz

• → Marathi: मेज (mej̈)
• → Ormuri: میز (mez)
• → Parachi: میز (mēz)
• → Pashto: مېز (mez)
• → Punjabi: ਮੇਜ਼ (mez), ਮੇਜ (mej)
• → Sanglechi: میز (mēz)
• → Shughni: mēz
• → Talysh: миз (miz)
• → Urdu: میز (mez)
• → Wakhi: miz
• → Yidgha: میز (mīz)

Etymology 2

From the verb میزیدن (mizidan), میختن (mixtan) "to urinate". Compare Northern Kurdish mîz (“urine”).

Noun

میز • (miz)

2. (obsolete) urine

Derived terms

• میزراه (mizrâh)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میز (mēz).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /meːzə̆/
• (India) IPA^(key): /meːd͡ʒə̆/

Noun

میز • (mez) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੇਜ਼)

1. table

Declension

Declension of میز
dir. sg.	میز (mez)
dir. pl.	میزاں (mezāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	میز (mez)	میزاں (mezāṉ)
oblique	میز (mez)	میزاں (mezāṉ)
vocative	میزے (meze)	میزو (mezo)
ablative	میزوں (mezoṉ)	میزاں (mezāṉ)
locative	میزی (mezī)	میزِیں (mezīṉ)
instrumental	میزِیں (mezīṉ)	میزے (meze)

References

• “میز”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “میز”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میز (mēz), possibly influenced by Portuguese mesa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /meːz/
• Rhymes: -eːz

Noun

میز • (mez) f (Hindi spelling मेज़)

1. table

   Synonym: ٹیبَل (ṭebal)

2. (loosely) desk

Declension

Declension of میز
	singular	plural
direct	میز (mez)	میزیں (mezẽ)
oblique	میز (mez)	میزوں (mezõ)
vocative	میز (mez)	میزو (mezo)

References

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

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu میز (mez).

Noun

میز (mez)

1. table, desk