می

See also: میـ, مي, and مى

Mazanderani

Noun

می (mi)

1. (anatomy) hair

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *-mi.

Particle

می • (mi or mı or mu or mü)

1. Used to form interrogatives.

Descendants

• Turkish: mi, mı, mu, mü
• → Armenian: մը (mə)

References

• Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (HS) / [script needed] (mdy /⁠may⁠/, “wine”), from Old Persian *𐎶𐎯 (*m-du /⁠*madu⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *mádu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, mead”).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäj]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäj]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäj]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mej]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäj]

Readings
Classical reading?	may
Dari reading?	may
Iranian reading?	mey
Tajik reading?	may

Noun

Dari	می
Iranian Persian
Tajik	май

می • (may / mey) (Tajik spelling май)

1. (literary) wine

   Synonyms: شراب (šarâb), (archaic, poetic) باده (bâde), (archaic) مل (mol), (Mughal Empire) رام رنگی (râm rangi), (archaic, poetic) صهبا (sahbâ)

2. alcoholic beverage

Derived terms

• میخانه (meyxâne)
• می‌زده (meyzade, “habitual drinker”)
• میکده (meykade)
• میدان (meydân)
• میستان (meyestân)
• میگساری (meygosâri)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani:

  Arabic script: مئی

  Cyrillic script: меј

  Latin script: mey

• → Gujarati: મય (maya)
• → Gurani: مه‌ی (may)
• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: مَے (mai)

• → Ottoman Turkish: می (may)
  • Turkish: mey
• → Pashto: می (may)
• → Uzbek: may

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English May.

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäj], [meː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäj], [meː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäj], [meː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäj], [meː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mej]

Readings
Dari reading?	may, mē
Iranian reading?	mey

Proper noun

Dari	می
Iranian Persian	مه, می
Tajik	май

می • (may / mey or mē / -) (Tajik spelling май)

1. (Dari, now Iran) May

See also

Gregorian calendar months in Persian · مَاه‌هَایِ تَقْوِیمِ گِریگورِی (māh-hā-yi taqwīm-i girēgōrī) (Dari Persian) (layout · text)
January	February	March	April
جَنْوَرِی (janwarī)	فِبْرُوَرِی (fibruwarī)	مَارْچ (mārč)	اَپْریل (aprēl)
May	June	July	August
می (mē)	جُون (jūn)	جُولَای (jūlāy)	آگِسْت (āgist), اَگِسْت (agist)
September	October	November	December
سِپْتِمْبَر (siptimbar)	اَکْتوبَر (aktōbar)	نَوِمْبَر (nawimbar)	دِسِمْبَر (disimbar)

Gregorian calendar months in Persian · ماه‌هایِ تَقْویمِ میلادی (mâh-hâ-ye taġvim-e milâdi) (Iranian Persian) (layout · text)
January	February	March	April
ژانْوِیِه (žânviye)	فِوْرِیِه (fevriye)	مارْس (mârs)	آوْریل (âvril)
May	June	July	August
مِه (me), مِی (mey)	ژوئَن (žu'an)	ژوئِیِه (žu'iye), جولای (julây)	اوت (ut), آگوسْت (âgost)
September	October	November	December
سِپْتامْبْر (septâmbr)	اُکْتُبْر (oktobr)	نُوامْبْر (novâmbr)	دِسامْبْر (desâmbr)

Etymology 3

Alternative form of مگر (magar).

Pronunciation

• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /mej/

Preposition

می • (mey)

1. (dialectal, Shiraz, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) except

Conjunction

می • (mey)

1. (dialectal, Shiraz, Kazerun, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) but
2. (dialectal, Shiraz, Khesht, Kazerun, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) unless

Etymology 4

Ultimately Borrowed from Latin mīra, either via French mi or English mi.

Noun

می • (mi)

1. (music) E, Mi (the third note of the fixed-Do solfège scale)
2. (music) Mi (the third note of the movable-Do solfège scale, i.e. the mediant)

Southwestern Fars

Noun

می (mi)

1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv) hair

Ushojo

Adjective

می (mī)

1. mine

Pronoun

می (mī)

1. my