میز

See also: ميز, مێز, and میر

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meyǵʰ-. Compare Persian (miz).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miːz/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	mîz

میز (mîz)

urine

Derived terms

میزن (mîzin)
میزڵدان (mîzilldan)
میزەڕۆ (mîzerro)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (myʾzd), [Book Pahlavi needed] (myʾzd /⁠mēzd⁠/, “sacrifice, offering meal; table^[1]”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (mēzag, “small table^[2]”),^[3]^[4]^[5] from Proto-Iranian *m(i)yazda- (“sacrificial food”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *myázdʰas (“sacrificial oblation”).^[6] Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀 (myazda, “sacrifice”), Khotanese [script needed] (mastāña, “fodder”), Sanskrit मियेध (miyédha, “sacrificial oblation, offering of food”); see the Sanskrit term for theories on the root.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːz/, /ˈmiːz/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [meːz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [meːz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [meːz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [miːz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [miz]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mēz, mīz
Dari reading^?	mēz
Iranian reading^?	miz
Tajik reading^?	miz

Audio (Iran): (file)
Rhymes: -iːz

Noun


Iranian Persian	میز
Dari	میز
Tajik	миз

میز • (miz) (plural میزها)

table
― miz-e ârâyeš ― dressing table
desk

Related terms

میزبان (mizbân)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: (South Azerbaijani) miz
→ Armenian: մեզ (mez)
→ Gulf Arabic: ميز (mēz)
→ Omani Arabic: ميز (mēz)
- → Maore Comorian: meza
- → Swahili: meza (see there for further descendants)
→ Bashkardi:
Minabi: میز (miz)
→ Bengali: মেজ (mez)
→ Kermanic: mīz
→ Hindi: मेज़ (mez)
→ Ishkashimi: میز (mēz)
→ Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: مێز (mêz)

Northern Kurdish: mêz
→ Marathi: मेज (mej̈)
→ Ormuri: میز (mez)
→ Parachi: میز (mēz)
→ Pashto: مېز (mez)
→ Punjabi: ਮੇਜ਼ (mez), ਮੇਜ (mej)
→ Sanglechi: میز (mēz)
→ Shughni: mēz
→ Talysh: миз (miz)
→ Urdu: میز (mez)
→ Uzbek: miz
→ Wakhi: miz
→ Yidgha: میز (mīz)

Etymology 2

From the verb (mizidan), (mixtan) "to urinate". Compare Northern Kurdish mîz (“urine”).

Noun

میز • (miz)

(obsolete) urine

Derived terms

میزراه (mizrâh)

Related terms

گمیز (gomiz, “cow urine”)

References

^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “phaysdve”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 259
^ Durkin-Meisteremst, Desmond (2014) Grammatik des Westmitteliranischen (Parthisch und Mittelpersisch) (Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historische) (in German), Viena: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, pages 159, 157
^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mēzd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 56
^ Asatrian, Garnik (2011) “mīz”, in A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎^[1] (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 281
^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “mastān̄a”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 326
^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) “pages-363-4”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (mēz).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /meːzə̆/
(India) IPA^(key): /meːd͡ʒə̆/

Noun

میز • (mez) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੇਜ਼)

table

Declension

Declension of **میز**
	singular	plural
direct	میز (mez)	میزاں (mezāṉ)
oblique	میز (mez)	میزاں (mezāṉ)
vocative	میزے (meze)	میزو (mezo)
ablative	میزوں (mezoṉ)	میزاں (mezāṉ)
locative	میزی (mezī)	میزِیں (mezīṉ)
instrumental	میزِیں (mezīṉ)	میزے (meze)

References

“میز”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “میز”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (mēz), possibly influenced by Portuguese mesa.

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /meːz/
Rhymes: -eːz

Noun

میز • (mez) f (Hindi spelling मेज़)

table
Synonym: ٹیبَل (ṭebal)
(loosely) desk

Declension

Declension of **میز**
	singular	plural
direct	میز (mez)	میزیں (mezẽ)
oblique	میز (mez)	میزوں (mezõ)
vocative	میز (mez)	میزو (mezo)

References

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

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu میز (mez).

Noun

میز (mez)

table, desk

[1] Bailey, H. W. (1979) “phaysdve”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 259

[Durkin-2] Durkin-Meisteremst, Desmond (2014) Grammatik des Westmitteliranischen (Parthisch und Mittelpersisch) (Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historische) (in German), Viena: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, pages 159, 157

[3] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mēzd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 56

[4] Asatrian, Garnik (2011) “mīz”, in A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎^[1] (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 281

[5] Bailey, H. W. (1979) “mastān̄a”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 326

[6] Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) “pages-363-4”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura

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