مزه

See also: مزہ, مرة, مژه, and مزة

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (mizag /⁠myck', m(y)ck'⁠/, “taste”).

Noun

مزه • (maze) (plural مزه‌ها (maze-hâ))

1. taste, flavour, smack, relish

   .مزه‌ی این سیب ترش است

   Maze-ye in sib torš ast.

   This apple tastes sour. (lit. The flavor of this apple is sour)

2. joy, pleasure
3. a snack; a morsel taken after drinking liquor.

Synonyms

• طعم (ta'm)
• خوا (xovâ)
• چشیدن (čašidan)

Derived terms

• خوش‌مزه (xoš-maze)
• بدمزه (bad-maze)
• مزه‌دار (maze-dâr)
• بی‌مزه (bê-maze)
• بامزه (bâ-maze)
• مزه دادن (maze dâdan)
• مزه کردن (maze kardan)
• مزه دهن (maze-ye dahan)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: मज़ा (mazā)
  • Urdu: مزہ (maza)
• Ottoman Turkish: مزه (meze)
  • Turkish: meze
  • → Albanian: meze
  • → Bulgarian: мезѐ (mezè)
  • → Greek: μεζές (mezés)
    • → English: meze
  • → Macedonian: мезе (meze)
  • → Romanian: meze, mezelîc
  • → Serbo-Croatian: mèze / мѐзе
• → Punjabi: ਮਜਾ (majā)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مزه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mizag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press