مژه

See also: مزہ, مزه, مرة, and مزة

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *maiĵ- (“to blink, wink”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayš- (“to blink, wink”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyg⁽ʷ⁾ʰ- (“to blink, cover (the eyes)”). Cognate with Sanskrit मिष् (miṣ, “to wink”), Lithuanian miẽgas (“sleep”), Proto-Slavic *měžiti (“to close one's eyes”). Alternatively, from موی (muy, “hair”) +‎ ـژه (že, “diminutive suffix”). Akin to Sogdian [script needed] (miža, muža), and Mazanderani میجیک (mijik).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ˈʒa ~ mi.ˈʒa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ʒǽ ~ mɪ.ʒǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ʒǽ ~ mɪ.ʒǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.ʒǽ ~ mɪ.ʒǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.ʒǽ ~ mi.ʒǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ʒé ~ me.ʒé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ʒǽ ~ mi.ʒǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	muža ~ miža
Dari reading?	muža ~ miža
Iranian reading?	može ~ meže
Tajik reading?	muža ~ miža

Noun

مژه • (može) (plural مژه‌ها (može-hâ) or مژگان (možgân))

1. eyelash

Derived terms

• مژک (možak)

Related terms

• مو (mu)
• ـچه (-če)

Descendants

• → Khalaj: muja

Further reading

• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “مژه”, 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^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 1173b–1174a
• Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 772b