مزه

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See also: مزہ, مرة, مژه, and مزة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مزه (maze).

Noun

مزه • (meze)

  1. pleasant taste, flavour, smack or relish
    Synonyms: چاشنی (çeşni), ذوق (zevk), طات (tat), لذت (lezzet), نمك (nemek)
  2. any good-flavoured thing eaten to increase the appetite
  3. (figuratively) pleasantry, jocose saying or remark

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Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian (myck', m(y)ck' /⁠mizag⁠/, “taste”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? maza, mazza
Dari reading? maza, mazza
Iranian reading? maza, mazze
Tajik reading? maza, mazza

Noun

Dari مزه
Iranian Persian
Tajik маза, мазза

مزه • (maze) (plural مزه‌ها (maze-hâ))

  1. taste, flavour, smack, relish
    .مزه‌ی این سیب ترش است
    maze-ye in sib torš ast.
    This apple tastes sour.
    (literally, “The flavor of this apple is sour”)
  2. joy, pleasure
  3. a snack; a morsel taken after drinking liquor.

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References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مزه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mizag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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