می

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari می
Iranian Persian
Tajik май

می • (mey)

  1. (literary) wine
  2. alcoholic beverage

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani:
    Arabic script: مئی (mey)
    Latin script: mey
  • → Gurani: مه‌ی (may)
  • → Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: مەی (may)
    Northern Kurdish: mey (may)
  • → Hindustani:
    Urdu: مے (mai)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: می (may),
  • → Pashto: می (may)
  • → Uzbek: may

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hmy /⁠hamē⁠/).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Dari" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /meː/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "IR" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /miː/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Tajik" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /me/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Mashhadi" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [me]

Prefix

Dari می
Iranian Persian
Tajik ме-

می • (mi-)

  1. A non-combining prefix used in the present and the imperfect tenses
    می (mi-) + کردم (kardam, “I did”) = می‌کردم (mi-kardam, “I used to do; I was doing”)

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English May.

Proper noun

Dari می
Iranian Persian مه
Tajik май

می • (mê)

  1. (Dari) May

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Preposition

Template:fa-preposition

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

Conjunction

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

Etymology 5

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
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