মেজ

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Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit মধ্য (madhya), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (between, in the middle, middle). Cognate with Latin medius (middle, medium), English mid, middle.

Pronunciation

Adjective

মেজ (mejo) (comparative আরও মেজ, superlative সবচেয়ে মেজ)

  1. secondborn, second in age
  2. middle, medium

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian میز (mēz), from Middle Persian (myʾzd /⁠mēzd⁠/, sacrifice, offering meal; table[1]), (mēzag, small table[2]).[3][4][5] Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀 (myazda, sacrifice), Khotanese (mastāña, fodder) and Sanskrit मियेध (miyédha, sacrificial oblation, offering of food).

Pronunciation

Noun

মেজ (mej) (objective মেজ (mej) or মেজকে (mejoke), genitive মেজের (mejer), locative মেজে (meje))

  1. desk, table
    Synonyms: টেবিল (ṭebil), ডেস্ক (ḍesk)
    আমরা যদি পাতিয়াছি মেজে
    amra jodiō patiẏachi meje
    Even if we have laid it out in the table.
    Rabindranath Tagore

References

  1. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “phaysdve”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 259
  2. ^ Grammatik des Westmitteliranischen (Parthisch und Mittelpersisch) (Durkin-Meisteremst, Desmond) (Please provide the book title or journal name) (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 (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