می
Mazanderani
Noun
می (mi)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *-mi.
Particle
می • (mi or mı or mu or mü)
- Used to form interrogatives.
Descendants
References
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈmaj/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäj]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mej]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mäj]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | may |
| Dari reading? | may |
| Iranian reading? | mey |
| Tajik reading? | may |
Noun
| Dari | می |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | май |
می • (mey)
Derived terms
- میخانه (meyxâne)
- می‌زده (meyzade, “habitual drinker”)
- میکده (meykade)
- میستان (meyestân)
- میگساری (meygosâri)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani:
- Arabic script: مئی
- Cyrillic script: меј
- Latin script: mey
- → Gujarati: મય (maya)
- → Gurani: مه‌ی (may)
- → Hindustani:
- Urdu: مے (mai)
- → Ottoman Turkish: می (may)
- Turkish: mey
- → Pashto: می (may)
- → Uzbek: may
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäj], [meː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mej]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Dari reading? | may, mē |
| Iranian reading? | mey |
Proper noun
می • (may, mē, mey)
See also
| Gregorian calendar months in Persian · مَاه‌هَایِ تَقْوِیمِ گِریگورِی (māh-hā-yi taqwīm-i girēgōrī) (Dari Persian) (layout · text) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| January | February | March | April |
| جَنْوَرِی (janwarī) | فِبْرُوَرِی (fibruwarī) | مَارْچ (mārč) | اَپْریل (aprēl) |
| May | June | July | August |
| می (mē) | جُون (jūn) | جُولَای (jūlāy) | آگِسْت (āgist), اَگِسْت (agist) |
| September | October | November | December |
| سِپْتِمْبَر (siptimbar) | اَکْتوبَر (aktōbar) | نَوِمْبَر (nawimbar) | دِسِمْبَر (disimbar) |
| Gregorian calendar months in Persian · ماه‌هایِ تَقْویمِ میلادی (mâh-hâ-ye taġvim-e milâdi) (Iranian Persian) (layout · text) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| January | February | March | April |
| ژانْوِیِه (žânviye) | فِوْرِیِه (fevriye) | مارْس (mârs) | آوْریل (âvril) |
| May | June | July | August |
| مِه (me), مِی (mey) | ژوئَن (žu'an) | ژوئِیِه (žu'iye), جولای (julây) | اوت (ut), آگوسْت (âgost) |
| September | October | November | December |
| سِپْتامْبْر (septâmbr) | اُکْتُبْر (oktobr) | نُوامْبْر (novâmbr) | دِسامْبْر (desâmbr) |
Etymology 3
Alternative form of مگر (magar).
Pronunciation
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /mej/
Preposition
می • (mey)
- (dialectal, Shiraz, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) except
Conjunction
می • (mey)
- (dialectal, Shiraz, Kazerun, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) but
- (dialectal, Shiraz, Khesht, Kazerun, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) unless
Etymology 4
Ultimately Borrowed from Latin mīra, either via French mi or English mi.
Noun
می • (mi)
- (music) E, Mi (the third note of the fixed-Do solfège scale)
- (music) Mi (the third note of the movable-Do solfège scale, i.e. the mediant)
References
- ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 116
Southwestern Fars
Noun
می (mi)
- (Masarm, Deh Sarv) hair
Ushojo
Adjective
می (mī)
Pronoun
می (mī)