میزان

See also: ميزان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِيزَان (mīzān, “balance, scales”).

Noun

میزان • (mizan) (plural موازین (mevazin))

1. balance, pair of scales, a device for measuring weight

   Synonym: ترازو (terazi)

2. (mathematics) proof of any arithmetical operation
3. (astronomy) Libra, a constellation of the Zodiac

   Synonym: ترازو (terazi)

4. (astrology) Libra, the zodiac sign for the scales

   Synonym: ترازو (terazi)

5. (accounting) balance sheet, a summary of assets, liabilities and equity
6. (figuratively) balance, equity, justice, impartiality

Derived terms

• میزان الحراره (mizanülharare, “thermometer”)
• میزانه چكمك (mizana çekmek, “to weigh”)

Descendants

• Turkish: mizan

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “mizan1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3246
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “میزان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1256
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Libra”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 947
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “میزان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 5072
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mizan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “میزان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2055

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِيزَان (mīzān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /miː.ˈzaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [miː.zɑ́ːn]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [miː.zɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mi.zɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	mīzān
Dari reading?	mīzān
Iranian reading?	mizân
Tajik reading?	mizon

Noun

میزان • (mīzān / mizân) (Tajik spelling мизон)

1. balance; pair of scales

   Synonym: ترازو (tarâzu)

2. amount; rate

   میزان رشد ― mizân-e rošd ― growth rates

   میزان درآمد او ― mizân-e darâmad-e u ― amount of his income

   میزان ازدواج کل کشور ― mizân-e ezdevâj-e koll-e kešvar ― marriage rates in the entire country

3. (music) bar, measure

Derived terms

• میزان کردن (mizân kardan)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मीज़ान (mīzān)

  Urdu: میزان (mīzān)

• → Uzbek: mezon

Proper noun

میزان • (mīzān / mizân) (Tajik spelling Мизон)

1. (Dari and dated elsewhere) Mizan, the seventh month of the solar Persian calendar.

   Synonym: مهر (mehr)

2. short for برج میزان (borz-e mizân, “the constellation Libra”)

See also

• Solar Hijri calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Zodiac signs in Persian (layout · text)
حمل	ثور	جوزا	سرطان
اسد	سنبله	میزان	عقرب
قوس	جدی	دلو	حوت

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میزان (mīzān), from Arabic مِيزَان (mīzān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /miː.zɑːn/

Noun

میزان • (mīzān) f (Hindi spelling मीज़ान)

1. balance
2. scales

Synonyms

• تلا (tulā)
• ترازو (tarāzū)