تمیز

Egyptian Arabic

Root
م ي ز
1 term

Verb

تميّز • (tamayyiz) V (non-past يتميّز (yitmayyiz))

  1. to be distinguished, to be characterised
    مناخ مصر بيتميز بالتنوع الكبير.Egypt's climate is characterised by its diversity.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمْيِيز (tamyīz).

Adjective

تمیز • (temiz)

  1. pure, clean, free of flaws or imperfections
    Synonyms: آری (arı), پاك (pak), خالص (halis), صفی (safi)
  2. honest, honorable, respectable, estimable

Derived terms

  • تمیزلتمك (temizletmek, to make or let be cleaned)
  • تمیزلك (temizlik, cleanness; purity)
  • تمیزلمك (temizlemek, to clean, clear away)
  • تمیزلنمك (temizlenmek, to become clean)

Descendants

  • Turkish: temiz
  • Serbo-Croatian: tèmiz / тѐмиз

Further reading

Persian

Regional synonyms of "clean"
Dari پاک
Iranian Persian تمیز
Tajik пок, тоза

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمْيِيز (tamyīz).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? tamīz
Dari reading? tamīz
Iranian reading? tamiz
Tajik reading? tamiz

Adjective

تمیز • (tamīz / tamiz) (comparative تمیزتَر, superlative تمیزتَرین, Tajik spelling тамиз)

  1. clean, neat, tidy
    Antonym: کثیف (kasīf / kasif)
  2. properly done

Inflection

Basic forms of تمیز
bare تمیز (tamiz)
ezâfe تمیز (tamiz-e)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
تمیزی (tamiz-i)
Possessive forms of تمیز
singular plural
1st person
(“my, our”)
تمیزم (tamizam) تمیزمان (tamizemân, tamizemun)
2nd person
(“your”)
تمیزت (tamizat, tamizet) تمیزتان (tamizetân, tamizetun)
3rd person
(“his, her, its, their”)
تمیزش (tamizaš, tamizeš) تمیزشان (tamizešân, tamizešun)

Colloquial.

Predicative forms of تمیز (tamiz)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)
تمیزم (tamizam) تمیزیم (tamizim)
2nd person
(“you are”)
تمیزی (tamizi) تمیزید، تمیزین (tamizid, tamizin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)
تمیز است، تمیزه (tamiz ast, tamize) تمیزند، تمیزن (tamizand, tamizan)

Colloquial.

Derived terms

  • تمیز کردن (tamīz kardan / tamiz kardan, to clean)
  • تمیزی (tamīzī / tamizi)

Descendants

Noun

تمیز • (tamīz / tamiz) (Tajik spelling тамиз)

  1. discernment; discrimination between things

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تمیز (tamīz), itself from Arabic تَمْيِيز (tamyīz).

Pronunciation

Noun

تَمِیز • (tamīzf (Hindi spelling तमीज़)

  1. manners, etiquette
  2. respect

Declension

Declension of تمیز
singular plural
direct تَمِیز (tamīz) تَمِیزیں (tamīzẽ)
oblique تَمِیز (tamīz) تَمِیزوں (tamīzõ)
vocative تَمِیز (tamīz) تَمِیزو (tamīzo)

Derived terms

References

  • تمیز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • تمیز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.