مه

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

مَهْ or مَهٍ (mah or mahin)

  1. (defective) Stop!
    مَهْ عَنْ إِطْلَاقِ ٱلشَّائِعَاتِ الخَبِيثةِ.
    mah ʕan ʔiṭlāqi š-šāʔiʕāti l-ḵabīṯati.
    Stop starting malicious rumors.

Etymology 2

Verb

مه (form I)

  1. مُهْ (muh) /muh/: second-person masculine singular imperative of مَاهَ (māha)
  2. مِهْ (mih) /mih/: second-person masculine singular imperative of مَاهَ (māha)
  3. مَهْ (mah) /mah/: second-person masculine singular imperative of مَاهَ (māha)

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from French mai, from Latin (mēnsis) Māius.

Noun

مه ()

  1. (South Azerbaijani) May

See also

Mazanderani

Determiner

مه (me)

  1. my

Persian

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Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mah
Dari reading? mah
Iranian reading? mah
Tajik reading? mah

Noun

Dari مه
Iranian Persian
Tajik маҳ

مه (mah)

  1. (poetic) Alternative form of ماه (mâh, moon)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian *HmíčaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmíčš, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*h₃meygʰ- (“fog, mist, cloud”).

Cognates with English mist, Vedic Sanskrit मिह् (mih, fog, mist), Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, fog, mist), and Lithuanian miglà (mist, haze). Also Related to Persian میغ (miğ) and Hindi मेघ (megh) both meaning cloud.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mih
Dari reading? meh
Iranian reading? meh
Tajik reading? meh

Noun

مه (meh)

  1. fog, mist
    Synonym: میغ (miğ)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French mai, from Latin (mēnsis) Māius.

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? me

Proper noun

Dari می
Iranian Persian مه
Tajik май

مه (me)

  1. (Iran) May

See also

Gregorian calendar months in Persian · ماه‌هایِ تَقْویمِ گْریگوری (mâh-hâ-ye taqvim-e gregori)
(Iranian Persian) (layout · text)
January February March April
ژانْوِیِه (žânviye) فِوْرِیِه (fevriye) مارْس (mârs) آوْریل (âvril)
May June July August
مِه (me) ژوئَن (žu'an) ژوئِیِه (žu'iye) اوت (ut)
September October November December
سِپْتامْبْر (septâmbr) اُکْتُبْر (oktobr) نُوامْبْر (novâmbr) دِسامْبْر (desâmbr)
  • (5th month of the solar Persian calendar): مرداد (mordâd)

Etymology 4

From Middle Persian 𐫖𐫏𐫆 (myẖ /⁠meh⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *majā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (great). Cognate with English mickle, much.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Dari مه
Iranian Persian
Tajik меҳ

مه (meh)

  1. (archaic) big, great, mickle

Noun

مه (meh) (plural مهان (mehân))

  1. (archaic) big, great, mickle
Antonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 5

From Middle Persian 𐫖𐫀 ( /⁠ma⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠 (m-a /⁠mā⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *máH, Proto-Indo-Iranian *maH, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁.

Pronunciation

Particle

Dari مه
Iranian Persian
Tajik ма

مه (ma)

  1. (rare) prohibitive particle
    میازار موری که دانه‌کش است که جان دارد و جان شیرین خوش است
    mayâzâr muri ke dâne-keš ast ke jân dârad o jâne širin xoš ast
    Do not harass the ant that carries the seed, for it has life, and sweet life is happiness

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

مه (ma, me) (various regions)

  1. Colloquial form of من (man)
    مه نمی‌فامم
    ma namē-fāmum
    I don't understand
    (Dari, colloquial)

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Horn, Paul (1893) “me”, in Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 998, page 224
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “مه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1235a