مه
Arabic
Verb
مَهْ • (mah) (form I)
- second-person masculine singular active imperative of مَاهَ (māha)
Verb
مُهْ • (muh) (form I)
- second-person masculine singular active imperative of مَاهَ (māha)
Mazanderani
Determiner
مه (me)
- my
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /mah/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /mah/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /mæh/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /mah/
Noun
Dari | مه |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | маҳ (mah) |
مه • (mah)
- (poetic) Alternative form of ماه (mâh, “moon”)
Derived terms
- روزمه (ruzmah)
- مهتاب (mahtāb)
- مهشید (mahšid)
- مهوش (mahvaš)
- مهرو (mahru)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Iranian *HmíčaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmíčš, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*h₃meygʰ- (“fog, mist, cloud”).
Cognates with English mist, Vedic Sanskrit मिह् (mih, “fog, mist”), Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “fog, mist”), and Lithuanian miglà (“mist, haze”). Also Related to Persian میغ (mīgh) and Hindi मेघ (megh) both meaning cloud.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /mih/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /mɪh/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /meh/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /meh/
Noun
مه • (meh)
- fog, mist
Synonyms
- میغ (miğ)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from French mai.
Pronunciation
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /me/
Proper noun
Dari | می |
---|---|
Iranian Persian | مه |
Tajik | май (may) |
مه • (me)
- (Iran) May
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months [in Iranian Persian]) ماههای تقویم گریگوری (mâh-hâ-ye taqvim-e gregori); ژانویه (žânviye), فوریه (fevriye), مارس (mârs), آوریل (âvril), مه (me), ژوئن (žu'an), ژوئیه (žu'iye), اوت (ut), سپتامبر (septâmbr), اکتبر (oktobr), نوامبر (novâmbr), دسامبر (desâmbr) (Category: fa:Gregorian calendar months)
- (5th month of the solar Persian calendar): مرداد (mordâd)
Etymology 4
colloquial form of من (man, "I, me") used in some dialects.
Pronunciation
- (Dari) IPA(key): /ma/
- (Harat) IPA(key): /mə/
- (Sistani) IPA(key): /me/
Pronoun
مه • (mə, me, ma)
- (colloquially) first-person singular pronoun: I, meمه نمیفهمم
- ma namē-fahmam
- I don't understand
Usage notes
Used primarily in informal situations and, as a colloquialism, implies closeness or friendliness.
Etymology 5
From Middle Persian 𐫖𐫏𐫆 (myẖ /meh/), from Proto-Iranian *majā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”). Cognate with English mickle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meh/
Adjective
Dari | مه |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | меҳ (meh) |
مه • (meh)
- (archaic) big, great, mickle
Noun
مه • (meh) (plural مهان (mehân))
- (archaic) big, great, mickle
Antonyms
- که (keh)
Derived terms
- مهتر (mehtar)
Etymology 6
From Middle Persian 𐫖𐫀 (mʾ /ma/), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠 (m-a /mā/), from Proto-Iranian *máH, Proto-Indo-Iranian *maH, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mæ/
Particle
Dari | مه |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ма (ma) |
مه • (ma)
- (rare) prohibitive particleمیازار موری که دانهکش است که جان دارد و جان شیرین خوش است
- mayaazaar muri ke daanekesh ast ke jaan daarad o jaane shirin khosh ast
- Do not harass the ant that carries the seed, for it has life, and sweet life is happiness
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “مه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Horn, Paul (1893), “me”, in Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 998, page 224
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “مه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 1235a