مگس

See also: مكس

Khalaj

Noun

مَگَس (mağas or məgəs) (definite accusative مَگَسی or مَگَسؽ, plural مَگَسلَر or مَگَسلار)

1. Arabic spelling of mağas, məgəs (“fly”)

Declension

Declension of مگس

	singular	plural
nominative	مگس	مگسلار
genitive	مگسؽݧ	مگسلارؽݧ
dative	مگسقا	مگسلارقا
definite accusative	مگسؽ	مگسلارؽ
locative	مگسچا	مگسلارچا
ablative	مگسدا	مگسلاردا
instrumental	مگسلا	مگسلارلا
equative	مگسوارا	مگسلاروارا

Declension of مگس

	singular	plural
nominative	مگس	مگسلَر
genitive	مگسۆݧ	مگسلَریݧ
dative	مگسکه	مگسلَرکه
definite accusative	مگسۆ	مگسلَری
locative	مگسچه	مگسلَرچه
ablative	مگسده	مگسلَرده
instrumental	مگسله	مگسلَرله
equative	مگسوارا	مگسلَروارا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مگس (magas, “fly”).

Noun

مگس • (meges)

1. fly, any insect of the order Diptera

   Synonyms: ذباب (zubab), سیڭك (siñek)

Derived terms

• مگس انگبین (meges-i engübin, “honeybee”)
• مگس ران (meges-ran, “flyswatter”)
• مگس وار (meges-var, “fly-like”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: meges

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “meges”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3111
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مگس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1216
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Musca”, 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^[2], Vienna, column 1107
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مگس”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 4866
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مگس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1959

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mks /⁠magas⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *makácaH, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákš (“fly”). Compare Sanskrit मशक (maśaka).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ma.ɡas]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ɡäs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ɡäs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.ɡäs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.ɡäs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.ɡʲæs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.ɡäs]

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))

1. fly (insect)

Derived terms

• مگس خانگی (magas-e xânegi)
• مگس سرکه (magas-e serke)
• مگس پراندن (magas parândan)
• مگسی (magasi)
• مگس‌خوار (magas-xâr)
• مگس‌ناک (magas-nâk)
• مگس‌وار (magas-vâr)
• مگس‌کش (magas-koš)
• مگس‌گیر (magas-gir)

 

Descendants

• → Central Kurdish: مەگەز (megez)
• → Khalaj: mağas
• → Ottoman Turkish: مگس (meges)
  • Turkish: meges