ماهی
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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian ماهی (mâhi).
Noun
ماهی • (mahi)
- fish, a cold-blooded animal that lives in water
- (astronomy) Pisces, a constellation of the zodiac
- (astrology) Pisces, the zodiac sign for the fish
Derived terms
Descendants
- Turkish: mahi
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mahi2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3015
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ماهی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1097
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Piscis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1303
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ماهی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4259
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماهی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1666
Pashto
Noun
ماهی • (māháy) m
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | māhī |
| Dari reading? | māhī |
| Iranian reading? | mâhi |
| Tajik reading? | mohi |
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian (mʾhyk' /māhīg/), from Proto-Iranian *mácyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀 (masiia), Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya).
Noun
| Dari | ماهی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | моҳӣ |
ماهی • (mâhi) (plural ماهیان (mâhiyân) or ماهیها (mâhi-hâ))
- fish
- (archaic) a whale or sea monster
Derived terms
- ماهیچه (mâhi-če)
- ماهیتابه (mâhi-tâbe)
- ماهیفروش (mâhi-foruš)
- ماهیفروشی (mâhi-foruši)
Descendants
- → Gujarati: માહી (māhī)
Etymology 2
Adjective
| Dari | ماهی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | моҳӣ |
ماهی • (mâhi)