میزبان

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (myzdpʾn' /⁠mēzdbān⁠/, “host”). By surface analysis, میز (miz, “table”) +‎ ـبان (-bân, “keeper, guardian”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /meːz.ˈbaːn/, /miːz.ˈbaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [meːz.bɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [meːz.bɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [meːz.bɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [meːz.bɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [miːz.bɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [miz.bɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	mēzbān, mīzbān
Dari reading?	mēzbān
Iranian reading?	mizbân
Tajik reading?	mizbon

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

میزبان • (mēzbān / mizbân) (Tajik spelling мизбон)

1. host

Descendants

• → Bengali: মেজবান (mezban), মেজমান (mejoman), মেজ্বান (mejjan) — regional
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मेज़बान (mezbān), मेजबान (mejbān) — nuqtaless

  Urdu: میزْبان (mezbān)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੇਜ਼ਬਾਨ (mezbān), ਮੇਜਬਾਨ (mejbān) — nuqtaless

  Shahmukhi script: میزْبَانْ (mezbān)

• → Pashto: مېزبان (mēzbān)
• → Uzbek: mezbon

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mēzdbān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میزبان (mēzbān).

Noun

میزبان • (mezbān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੇਜ਼ਬਾਨ)

1. host
2. anchorperson

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میزبان (mēzbān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /meːz.bɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

میزْبان • (mezbān) m (Hindi spelling मेज़बान)

1. host
2. anchorperson

   Synonym: اینکرپرسن (ainkarparsan)

References

• “میزبان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “میزبان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.