میز

See also: ميز, مێز, and میر

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian my(ʾ)zd (mēzd, “offering, meal”). Compare Kurdish and Pashto مېز (mez).

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Noun

Dari	میز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	миз

میز • (miz) (plural میزها (miz-hâ))

1. table
2. desk

Derived terms

• میزبان (mizbân)

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: ميز (mēz)

Etymology 2

From the verb میزیدن (mizidan), میختن (mixtan) "to urinate". Compare Kurdish.

Noun

میز • (miz)

1. (obsolete) urine

Derived terms

• میزراه (mizrâh)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “میز”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mēzd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian میز (miz).

Noun

میز • (mez) f (Hindi spelling मेज़)

1. table