# مه
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

#### Verb

مَهْ or مَهٍ • (mah or mahin)
* (defective) Stop!
    مَهْ عَنْ إِطْلَاقِ ٱلشَّائِعَاتِ الخَبِيثةِ.mah ʕan ʔiṭlāqi š-šāʔiʕāti l-ḵabīṯati.Stop starting malicious rumors.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

مه (form I)
* مُهْ (muh) /muh/: second-person masculine singular imperative of مَاهَ (māha)
* مِهْ (mih) /mih/: second-person masculine singular imperative of مَاهَ (māha)
* مَهْ (mah) /mah/: second-person masculine singular imperative of مَاهَ (māha)

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mai, from Latin (mēnsis) Māius.

### Noun

مه (mə)
* (South Azerbaijani) May

### See also

* (Gregorian calendar months): ژانویه (janviyə), فئوریه (fevriyə), مارس (mars), آوریل (avril), مه (mə), ژوئن (juən), ژوئیه (juiyə), اوت (ut), سئپتامبر (septambr), اوْکتوْبر (oktobr), نوْوامبر (novambr), دئسامبر (desambr)

## Mazanderani
### Determiner

مه (me)
* my

## Persian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [mah]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäʱ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mäʱ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mɑː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mɔː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mæʱ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mäʱ]

#### Noun

مه • (mah)
* (poetic) Alternative form of ماه (mâh, “moon”)

##### Derived terms

* روزمه (ruzmah)
* مهتاب (mahtâb)
* مهشید (mahšid)
* مهوش (mahvaš)
* مهرو (mahru)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *HmíčaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmíčš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ-.
Cognates with English mist, Vedic Sanskrit मिह् (mih, “fog, mist”), Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “fog, mist”), and Lithuanian miglà (“mist, haze”). Related to میغ (mēğ / miğ).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [mih]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [me̞ʱ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [me̞ʱ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mɪ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mi]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [meʱ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [meʱ]

#### Noun

مه • (meh)
* fog, mist
    Synonym: میغ (miğ)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from French mai, from Latin (mēnsis) Māius.

#### Pronunciation

* (Iran, formal) IPA: [me]

#### Proper noun

مه • (me)
* (Iran) May

#### See also

Gregorian calendar months in Persian · ماه‌هایِ تَقْویمِ گْریگوری (mâh-hâ-ye taqvim-e gregori) (Iranian Persian) (layout · text) :
| January | February | March | April |
| ژانْوِیِه (žânviye) | فِوْرِیِه (fevriye) | مارْس (mârs) | آوْریل (âvril) |
| May | June | July | August |
| مِه (me) | ژوئَن (žu'an) | ژوئِیِه (žu'iye) | اوت (ut) |
| September | October | November | December |
| سِپْتامْبْر (septâmbr) | اُکْتُبْر (oktobr) | نُوامْبْر (novâmbr) | دِسامْبْر (desâmbr) |
* (5th month of the solar Persian calendar): مرداد (mordâd)

### Etymology 4

From Middle Persian 𐫖𐫏𐫆 (myẖ /⁠meh⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *majā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”). Cognate with English mickle, much.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meh/

#### Adjective

مه • (meh)
* (archaic) big, great, mickle

#### Noun

مه • (meh) (plural مهان (mehân))
* (archaic) big, great, mickle

##### Antonyms

* که (keh)

#### Derived terms

* مهتر (mehtar)
* مه‌مانگ (meh-mâng)
* مه‌بانگ (meh-bâng)

### Etymology 5

From Middle Persian 𐫖𐫀 (mʾ /⁠ma⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠 (m-a /⁠mā⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *máH, Proto-Indo-Iranian *maH, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mæ/

#### Particle

مه • (ma)
* (rare) prohibitive particleمیازار موری که دانه‌کش است که جان دارد و جان شیرین خوش استmayâzâr muri ke dâne-keš ast ke jân dârad o jâne širin xoš astDo not harass the ant that carries the seed, for it has life, and sweet life is happiness

### Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Dari) IPA: /ma/
* (Herati) IPA: /mə/
* (Sistani) IPA: /me/

#### Pronoun

مه • (ma, me) (various regions)
* Colloquial form of من (man)
    مه نمی‌فامم ― ma namē-fāmum ― I don't understand (Dari, colloquial)

### 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
* Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “مه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1235a