مه

Arabic

Verb

مَهْ (mah) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of مَاهَ (māha)

Verb

مُهْ (muh) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of مَاهَ (māha)

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæh/

Noun

Dari Persian مه
Iranian Persian مه
Tajiki Persian маҳ (mah)

مه (mah)

  1. (poetic) Alternative form of ماه
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meh/

Noun

مه (meh)

  1. fog
  2. mist
Synonyms

Etymology 3

From French mai.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dari Persian می
Iranian Persian مه
Tajiki Persian май (may)

مه (me)

  1. (Iran) May
See also

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Pronoun

مه (mə, me)

  1. (dialectal, Harat) I, me
  2. (Sistani) I, me

Etymology 5

From Middle Persian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (great). Cognate to Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, big, large).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meh/

Adjective

Dari Persian مه
Iranian Persian مه
Tajiki Persian меҳ (meh)

مه (meh)

  1. (archaic) big, great

Noun

مه (meh) (plural مهان (mehân))

  1. (archaic) big, great
Antonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 6

From Middle Persian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæ/

Particle

Dari Persian مه
Iranian Persian مه
Tajiki Persian ма (ma)

مه (ma)

  1. (rare) prohibitive particle

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), مه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Horn, Paul (1893), “me”, in Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 998, page 224
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