мезе

See also: meze

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze, “taste, snack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛˈzɛ]

Noun

мезе́ • (mezé) n

1. (colloquial) meze, snack

Declension

Declension of мезе́

	singular	plural
indefinite	мезе́ mezé	мезе́та mezéta
definite	мезе́то mezéto	мезе́тата mezétata

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze, “taste, snack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛzɛ]

Noun

мезе • (meze) n

1. (colloquial) snack

Declension

Declension of мезе

	singular	plural
indefinite	мезе	мезиња
definite unspecified	мезето	мезињата
definite proximal	мезево	мезињава
definite distal	мезено	мезињана
vocative	мезе	мезиња

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Moksha

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *mi. Cognates include Erzya мезе (meźe), Finnish mikä, Estonian mis, Livonian mis, Northern Sami [Term?] (mii), Mari, Komi-Zyrian мый (myj), Udmurt ма (ma), Khanty, Mansi, Hungarian mi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mezʲæ/

Pronoun

мезе • (meźe)

1. (interrogative, relative) what
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

     аш мезе, аш месть ― aš meźe , aš mesť ― nothing

     мезе-бъди, кати-мезе ― meźe-bəďi , kaťi-meźe ― something

     мезевок ― meźevok ― nothing

     лия мезе ― ľija meźe ― type (variety/character of something)

     ули мезенкса ― uľi meźenksa ― to be worth

Declension

Indefinite declension of мезе

	singular	plural
nominative	мезе (meźe)	—
genitive	мезень (meźeń)	—
dative	мезенди (meźenďi)	—
ablative	мезьда (meźda)	—
inessive	мезьса (meźsa)	—
elative	мезьста (meźsta)	—
illative	мезьс (meźs)	—
prolative	мезьга (meźga)	—
comparative	мезьшка (meźška)	—
translative	мезькс (meźks)	—
abessive	мезьфтома (meźftoma)	—
causative	мезенкса (meźenksa)	—

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• мѐза

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Persian مزه (maze, “taste, snack”). Akin to мезѐтлук.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /měze/
• Hyphenation: ме‧зе

Noun

мѐзе n (Latin spelling mèze)

1. (regional) snack, bite

Declension

Declension of мезе

	singular	plural
nominative	мезе	меза
genitive	меза	меза
dative	мезу	мезима
accusative	мезе	меза
vocative	мезе	меза
locative	мезу	мезима
instrumental	мезем	мезима

Derived terms

• мѐзетити
• замѐзетити

References

• “мезе” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 462