میده

Persian

Etymology 1

Likely from Classical Persian مَیْدَه (mayda), referring to fine grains of flour.

Pronunciation

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäj.d̪ǽ]

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

Readings
Dari reading?	mayda

Adjective

میده • (mayda) (Dari)

1. broken, shattered
2. smashed, crushed
3. ground (up), pulverised
4. small, fine

   Synonyms: ریزه (rēza／rize), کوچک (kōčak／kučak)

Derived terms

• میده کردن (mayda kardan, “to break, to smash, to pulverise [anything]”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maj.ˈda]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäj.d̪ǽ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mej.d̪é]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäj.d̪ǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mayda
Dari reading?	mayda
Iranian reading?	meyde
Tajik reading?	mayda

Noun

میده • (mayda) (Classical Persian, now archaic)

1. fine wheat flour; sifted flour
2. white bread (bread made from refined flour)

Derived terms

• میده کردن (mayda kardan／meyde kardan, “to grind, to pulverise [flour]”)

Descendants

• → Assamese: ময়দা (moyoda)
• → Bengali: ময়দা (moẏda)
• → Gujarati: મેંદો (mendo)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मैदा (maidā)

  Urdu: مَیدا (maidā), مَیدَہ (maida), میده

• → Maithili: mēdā

  Devanagari script: मेदा

  Tirhuta script: 𑒧𑒹𑒠𑒰

• → Marathi: मैदा (maidā)
• → Marwari: मैदौ (maidau)
• → Nepali: मैदा (maidā)
• → Odia: ମଇଦା (maidā)
• → Old Punjabi: ਮੈਦਾ (maidā)
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਮੈਦਾ (maidā)

    Shahmukhi script: مَیدَہ (maidah)

• → Sindhi: maido

  Arabic script: مَيْدو

  Devanagari script: मैदो

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maj.ˈda]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäj.d̪ǽ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mej.d̪é]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäj.d̪ǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mayda
Dari reading?	mayda
Iranian reading?	meyde
Tajik reading?	mayda

Noun

میده • (mayda) (Classical Persian, now archaic)

1. a kind of sweetmeat made with grape syrup and starch

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [miː.ða]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [miː.d̪ä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [miː.d̪ä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [miː.d̪ä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mi.d̪ä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [miː.d̪e]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mi.d̪ä]

Readings
Classical reading?	mīḏa
Dari reading?	mīda
Iranian reading?	mide
Tajik reading?	mida

Noun

میده • (mīda) (Classical Persian, now archaic)

1. a chaste woman

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “میده”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “میده”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• “میده”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023
• “میده”, in The Wilson English - Dari Dictionary (Webonary), SIL International, 2013