می

می

See also: مي‎

Mazanderani

Noun

می (mi)

1. (anatomy) hair

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *-mi.

Particle

می • (mi or mı or mu or mü)

1. Used to form interrogatives.

Descendants

• Turkish: mi, mı, mu, mü

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (HS) / [script needed] (mdy /may/, “wine”), from Old Persian *𐎶𐎯 (*m-du /*madu/), from Proto-Iranian *mádu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, mead”).

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /maj/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /mej/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /maj/

Noun

Dari	می
Iranian Persian
Tajik	май (may)

می • (mey)

1. (literary) wine

   Synonyms: شراب‎ (šarâb), (archaic, poetic) باده‎ (bâde), (archaic) مل‎ (mol), (Mughal Empire) رام رنگی‎ (râm rangi), (archaic, poetic) صهبا‎ (sahbâ)

2. alcoholic beverage

Derived terms

• میخانه‎ (meyxâne)
• میکده‎ (meykade)
• میستان‎ (meyestân)
• میگساری‎ (meygosâri)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani:

  Arabic: مئی‎

  Cyrillic: меј

  Latin: mey

• → Gurani: مه‌ی‎ (may)
• Kurdish:

  → Central Kurdish: مەی‎ (mey)

  → Northern Kurdish: mey

• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: مے‎ (mai)

• → Ottoman Turkish: می‎ (may),
  • Turkish: mey
• → Pashto: می‎ (may)
• → Uzbek: may

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hmy /hamē/).

Alternative forms

• (archaic) همی‎ (hami-)

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /meː/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /miː/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /me/

Prefix

Dari	می
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ме- (me-)

می • (mi-)

1. A non-combining prefix used in the present and the imperfect tenses

   می‎ (mi-) + کردم (kardam, “I did”) = می‌کردم (mi-kardam, “I used to do; I was doing”)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English May.

Pronunciation

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /maj/, /meː/

Proper noun

Dari	می
Iranian Persian	مه‎
Tajik	май (may)

می • (may, mê)

1. (Dari) May

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months [in Dari]) جنوری‎ (janwari), فبروری‎ (fibrwarî), مارچ‎ (mârč), اپریل‎ (aprêl), می (may), جون‎ (jûn), جولای‎ (jôlây), اگست‎ (agast), سپتمبر‎ (siptimbar), اکتوبر‎ (aktôbar), نومبر‎ (nôwimbar), دسمبر‎ (disimbar) ^{(Category: fa:Gregorian calendar months)}

Etymology 4

Alternative form of مگر‎ (magar)

Pronunciation

• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /mej/

Preposition

می • (mey)

1. (dialectal, Shiraz, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) except

Conjunction

می • (mey)

1. (dialectal, Shiraz, Kazerun, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) but
2. (dialectal, Shiraz, Khesht, Kazerun, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) unless

Etymology 5

Ultimately Borrowed from Latin mīra, either via French mi or English mi.

Noun

می • (mi)

1. (music) E, Mi (the third note of the fixed-Do solfège scale)
2. (music) Mi (the third note of the movable-Do solfège scale, i.e. the mediant)

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Southwestern Fars

Noun

می (mi)

1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv) hair

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Ushojo

Adjective

می (mī)

1. mine

Pronoun

می (mī)

1. my