Miss

Miss pronounced /ˈmɪs/) girmamawa ce na harshen Ingilishi da aka saba amfani da ita ga yarinya, ga macen da ba ta da aure (lokacin da ba ta amfani da wani laƙabi kamar "Likita" ko "Dame"), ko kuma ga matar aure da ke riƙe da sunanta.  Ya samo asali a cikin karni na 17, ƙanƙancewar farka ce.  Jam'in Miss shine Miss ko wani lokaci Mses.

 Tarihi 

 Asalin 
Kamar Malam da Malama, Ms. tana da tushe a cikin taken Mistress kuma asalin taken ne da aka ba da farko ga yara maimakon manya. A cikin shekarun 1700, an fadada amfani da shi don ya haɗa da mata masu girma. Taken ya fito ne a matsayin hanyar ladabi don magance mata, yana nuna sauye-sauyen ka'idojin al'umma da bambancin aji. Kafin wannan, ambaton wata mace mai girma a matsayin Miss na iya ɗaukar ma'anar karuwanci.

 Juyin halitta na ma'ana da amfani 
Ma'anar 'Misis' da Mrs sun sami canje-canje a tsawon lokaci. A tarihi, waɗannan lakabi ba kawai sun nuna matsayin aure ba. Ko da bayan da mata da yawa suka karbi 'Misis' a cikin karni na 18 a Ingila, Mrs ta ci gaba da nuna matsayin zamantakewa ko kasuwanci, maimakon kawai matsayin aure, har zuwa aƙalla tsakiyar karni na 19. 

 Nuna bambancin launin fata 
Ana kiran shi da "Miss" ko "Mrs." akai-akai an hana mata baƙar fata a Kudancin Amurka a baya. Mary Hamilton, mai zanga-zangar kare hakkin bil'adama da aka kama a 1963 a Gadsden, Alabama, ta ki amsa mai gabatar da kara a cikin sauraron da ya biyo baya sai dai idan ya daina kiran ta da "Mary", yana buƙatar a kira ta "Miss Hamilton". Daga baya aka daure ta saboda raina kotu bayan ta ki biyan tarar. Wannan ya haifar da Hamilton v. Alabama, 376 US 650 (1964), shari'ar Kotun Koli ta Amurka inda kotun ta yanke shawarar cewa Mary Hamilton ta cancanci irin wannan nau'in adireshin da aka saba da shi ne kawai ga fararen fata a kudancin Amurka  kuma kiran mutumin baki da ita ko sunansa na farko a cikin wani tsari shine "wani nau'i na nuna bambancin launin fata. 

 Dubi kuma 

 Fräulein, kwatankwacin Jamusanci na Miss
 Fröken, wani tsohuwar yaren Sweden daidai da Miss
 Mademoiselle, kwatankwacin Faransanci na Miss