میغ

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian myγ (mēγ, “cloud, mist”), from Parthian, from Proto-Iranian *Hmaygáh (compare Manichaean Parthian myg, Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬖𐬀- (maēγa-, “cloud”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás (compare Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ- (“cloud, mist, fog”).

Related to مه (meh). Cognate with Northern Kurdish mij and Hindi मेघ (megh).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mēġ
Dari reading? mēġ
Iranian reading? miġ
Tajik reading? meġ

Noun

میغ • (miġ)

  1. (archaic, poetic) cloud
  2. fog, mist

Descendants

  • → Urdu: میغ (mēğ)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میغ (mēġ, “cloud; fog, mist”). Doublet of مین٘ہ (mẽh).

Pronunciation

Noun

میغ • (meġ) ? (Hindi spelling मेग़)

  1. cloud; especially a dark cloud, storm cloud
  2. fog; mist

Derived terms

  • شبِ میغ (šab-e-mēğ, “cloudy night”)

References

  • “میغ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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