مگس
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See also: مكس
Khalaj
Noun
مَگَس (mağas or məgəs) (definite accusative مَگَسی or مَگَسؽ, plural مَگَسلَر or مَگَسلار)
Declension
Declension of مگس
Declension of مگس
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (mks /magas/), from Proto-Iranian *makácaH, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákš (“fly”). Compare Sanskrit मशक (maśaka).
Pronunciation
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- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | magas |
| Dari reading? | magas |
| Iranian reading? | magas |
| Tajik reading? | magas |
Noun
| Dari | مَگَس |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | магас |
مگس • (magas) (plural مگسها (magas-hâ))
- fly (insect)
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 190:
- لب لعلت عجب از عین نزاکت شکریست
که کرانی بود از سایه بال مگسش- lab-i la'lat ajab az ayn-i nazākat-i šakarī-st
ki karānē buwad az sāya-yi bāl-i magasaš - Strange that your ruby lips are from the essence of sugar's tenderness,
For one side of it is from the shadow of the fly's wings .
- lab-i la'lat ajab az ayn-i nazākat-i šakarī-st