# میز
## Persian
### Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (myʾzd), [Book Pahlavi needed] (myʾzd /⁠mēzd⁠/, “sacrifice, offering meal; table”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (mēzag, “small table”), from Proto-Iranian *m(i)yazda- (“sacrificial food”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *myázdʰas (“sacrificial oblation”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀 (myazda, “sacrifice”), Khotanese [script needed] (mastāña, “fodder”), Sanskrit मियेध (miyédha, “sacrificial oblation, offering of food”); see the Sanskrit term for theories on the root.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [meːz], [miːz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [meːz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [meːz]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [meːz]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [meːz]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [miːz]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [miz]
* Audio (Iran):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːz

#### Noun

| Dari | میز |
| Iranian Persian | میز |
| Tajik | миз |
میز • (miz) (plural میزها (miz-hâ))
* table
    میزِ آرایِش ― miz-e ârâyeš ― dressing table
* desk

##### Related terms

* میزبان (mizbân)

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: (South Azerbaijani) miz
* → Armenian: մեզ (mez)
* → Gulf Arabic: ميز (mēz)
* → Omani Arabic: ميز (mēz)
** → Maore Comorian: meza
** → Swahili: meza (see there for further descendants)
* → Bashkardi:
    Minabi: میز (miz)
* → Bengali: মেজ (mez)
* → Kermanic: mīz
* → Hindi: मेज़ (mez)
* → Ishkashimi: میز (mēz)
* → Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: مێز (mêz)
    Northern Kurdish: mêz
* → Marathi: मेज (mej̈)
* → Ormuri: میز (mez)
* → Parachi: میز (mēz)
* → Pashto: مېز (mez)
* → Punjabi: ਮੇਜ਼ (mez), ਮੇਜ (mej)
* → Sanglechi: میز (mēz)
* → Shughni: mēz
* → Talysh: миз (miz)
* → Urdu: میز (mez)
* → Wakhi: miz
* → Yidgha: میز (mīz)

### Etymology 2

From the verb میزیدن (mizidan), میختن (mixtan) "to urinate". Compare Northern Kurdish mîz (“urine”).

#### Noun

میز • (miz)
* (obsolete) urine

##### Derived terms

* میزراه (mizrâh)

##### Related terms

* گمیز (gomiz, “cow urine”)

### References

* ↑ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “phaysdve”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 259
* ↑ Durkin-Meisteremst, Desmond (2014) Grammatik des Westmitteliranischen (Parthisch und Mittelpersisch) (Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historische) (in German), Viena: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, pages 159, 157
* ↑ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mēzd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 56
* ↑ Asatrian, Garnik (2011) “mīz”, in A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎ (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 281
* ↑ Bailey, H. W. (1979) “mastān̄a”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 326
* ↑ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) “pages-363-4”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میز (mēz).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Punjabi) IPA: /meːzə̆/
* (India) IPA: /meːd͡ʒə̆/

### Noun

میز • (mez) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੇਜ਼)
* table

#### Declension
### References

* “میز”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
* Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “میز”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میز (mēz), possibly influenced by Portuguese mesa.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /meːz/
* Rhymes: -eːz

### Noun

میز • (mez) f (Hindi spelling मेज़)
* table
    Synonym: ٹیبَل (ṭebal)
* (loosely) desk

#### Declension

Declension of میز :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | میز (mez) | میزیں (mezẽ) |
| oblique | میز (mez) | میزوں (mezõ) |
| vocative | میز (mez) | میزو (mezo) |

### References

* “میز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “میز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

## Ushojo
### Etymology

From Urdu میز (mez).

### Noun

میز (mez)
* table, desk