ماهی

ماهی

See also: ماہی‎ and ماهي‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ماهی‎ (mâhi).

Noun

ماهی • (mahi)

1. fish, a cold-blooded animal that lives in water

   Synonyms: بالق‎ (balık), حوت‎ (hut), سمك‎ (semek)

2. (astronomy) Pisces, a constellation of the zodiac
3. (astrology) Pisces, the zodiac sign for the fish

Derived terms

• ماهیانه‎ (mahiyane, “fish-broth”)
• ماهیدان‎ (mahidan, “fishpond”)
• ماهیدانه‎ (mahidane, “Indian berry”)
• ماهیپین‎ (mahiçin, “kind of fish-eating bird”)
• ماهیچه‎ (mahiçe, “little fish”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: mahi

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “mahi2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3015
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ماهی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1097
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Piscis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1303
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “ماهی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4259
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mahi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ماهی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1666

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Pashto

Noun

ماهی • (māháy) m

1. fish

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Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /mɑːhiː/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /mɒːhiː/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /mɒːhiː/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /mɔːhiː/

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾhyk' /māhīg/), from Proto-Iranian *mácyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ (masiia), Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya).

Noun

Dari	ماهی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	моҳӣ (mohī)

ماهی • (mâhi) (plural ماهیان‎ (mâhiân) or ماهی‌ها‎ (mâhi-hâ))

1. fish
2. (archaic) a whale or sea monster

Derived terms

• ماهیچه‎ (mâhi-če)
• ماهی‌تابه‎ (mâhi-tâbe)
• ماهی‌فروش‎ (mâhi-foruš)
• ماهی‌فروشی‎ (mâhi-foruši)

 

Etymology 2

ماه‎ (mâh) +‎ ـی‎ (-i).

Adjective

Dari	ماهی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	моҳӣ (mohī)

ماهی • (mâhi)

1. lunar, moonly