مه

Arabic

Verb

مَهْ • (mah) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of مَاهَ‎ (māha)

Verb

مُهْ • (muh) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of مَاهَ‎ (māha)

Mazanderani

Determiner

مه (me)

1. my

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /mah/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /mah/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /mæh/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /mah/

Noun

Dari	مه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маҳ (mah)

مه • (mah)

1. (poetic) Alternative form of ماه‎ (mâh, “moon”)

Derived terms

• روزمه‎ (ruzmah)
• مهتاب‎ (mahtâb)
• مهشید‎ (mahšid)
• مهوش‎ (mahvaš)
• مهرو‎ (mahru)

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

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /mih/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /mɪh/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /meh/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /meh/

Noun

مه • (meh)

1. fog, mist

Synonyms

• میغ‎ (miğ)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French mai.

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /me/

Proper noun

Dari	می‎
Iranian Persian	مه
Tajik	май (may)

مه • (me)

1. (Iran) May

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months [in Iranian Persian]) ماه‌های تقویم گریگوری‎ (mâh-hâ-ye taqvim-e gregori); ژانویه‎ (žânviye), فوریه‎ (fevriye), مارس‎ (mârs), آوریل‎ (âvril), مه (me), ژوئن‎ (žu'an), ژوئیه‎ (žu'iye), اوت‎ (ut), سپتامبر‎ (septâmbr), اکتبر‎ (oktobr), نوامبر‎ (novâmbr), دسامبر‎ (desâmbr) ^{(Category: fa:Gregorian calendar months)}
• (5th month of the solar Persian calendar): مرداد‎ (mordâd)

Etymology 4

colloquial form of من‎ (man, "i, me") used in some dialects.

Pronunciation

• (Dari) IPA^(key): /ma/
• (Harat) IPA^(key): /mə/
• (Sistani) IPA^(key): /me/

Pronoun

مه • (mə, me, ma)

1. (colloquially) first-person singular pronoun: I, me
   ‏مه نمی‌فهمم‎

   ma namê-fahmam

   I don't understand

Usage notes

Used primarily in informal situations and, as a colloquialism, implies closeness or friendliness.

Etymology 5

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meh/

Adjective

Dari	مه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	меҳ (meh)

مه • (meh)

1. (archaic) big, great, mickle

Noun

مه • (meh) (plural مهان‎ (mehân))

1. (archaic) big, great, mickle

Antonyms

• که‎ (keh)

Derived terms

• مهتر‎ (mehtar)

Etymology 6

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæ/

Particle

Dari	مه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ма (ma)

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

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, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 1235a