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)

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Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Template:fa-pronunciation

Noun

Dari	مه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маҳ

مه • (mah)

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

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Equalled with Vedic Sanskrit मिह् (mih, “fog, mist”)

Pronunciation

• Template:fa-pronunciation

Noun

مه • (meh)

1. fog, mist

Synonyms

• میغ (miğ)

Etymology 3

From French mai.

• Month of the year: مه
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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me/

Proper noun

Dari	می
Iranian Persian	مه
Tajik	май

مه • (me)

1. (Iran) May

See also

• مرداد (mordâd)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (dialectal, Harat) IPA^(key): /mə/
• (Sistani) IPA^(key): /me/

Pronoun

1. (dialectal, Harat) I, me
2. (Sistani) I, me

Etymology 5

From Middle Persian 𐫖𐫏𐫆 (myẖ /⁠meh⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *majā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meh/

Adjective

Dari	مه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	меҳ

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

1. (rare) prohibitive particle

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^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1235a