ماهی

See also: ماہی and ماهي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ماهی (mâhi).

Noun

ماهی • (mahi)

1. fish, a cold-blooded animal that lives in water

   Synonyms: بالق (balık), حوت (hut), سمك (semek)

2. (astronomy) Pisces, a constellation of the zodiac
3. (astrology) Pisces, the zodiac sign for the fish

Derived terms

• ماهیانه (mahiyane, “fish-broth”)
• ماهیدان (mahidan, “fishpond”)
• ماهیدانه (mahidane, “Indian berry”)
• ماهیپین (mahiçin, “kind of fish-eating bird”)
• ماهیچه (mahiçe, “little fish”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: mahi

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mahi2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3015
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ماهی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1097
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Piscis”, 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 1303
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ماهی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 4259
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماهی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1666

Pashto

Noun

ماهی • (māháy) m

1. fish

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mɑː.ˈhiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.ɦíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.ɦíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.jíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.jí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒː.ɦíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔ.ɦí]

Readings
Classical reading?	māhī
Dari reading?	māhī
Iranian reading?	mâhi
Tajik reading?	mohī

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mʾhyk' /⁠māhīg⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *mácyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀 (masiia), Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya).

Noun

Dari	ماهی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	моҳӣ

ماهی • (mâhi) (plural ماهیان (mâhiyân) or ماهی‌ها (mâhi-hâ))

1. fish
2. (archaic) a whale or sea monster

Derived terms

• ماهیچه (mâhi-če)
• ماهی‌تابه (mâhi-tâbe)
• ماهی‌فروش (mâhi-foruš)
• ماهی‌فروشی (mâhi-foruši)

 

Descendants

• → Gujarati: માહી (māhī)

Etymology 2

ماه (mâh) +‎ ـی (-i).

Adjective

Dari	ماهی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	моҳӣ

ماهی • (mâhi)

1. lunar, moonly