مه

Arabic

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

مَهْ or مَهٍ • (mah or mahin)

1. (defective) Stop!

   مَهْ عَنْ إِطْلَاقِ ٱلشَّائِعَاتِ الخَبِيثةِ.

   mah ʕan ʔiṭlāqi š-šāʔiʕāti l-ḵabīṯati.

   Stop starting malicious rumors.

Etymology 2

Verb

مَهْ • (mah) (form I)

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

Verb

مُهْ or مِهْ • (muh or mih) (form I)

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

Azerbaijani

Etymology

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

Noun

مه (mə)

1. (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)

1. my

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mah]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mah
Dari reading?	mah
Iranian reading?	mah
Tajik reading?	mah

Noun

Dari	مه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маҳ

مه • (mah)

1. (poetic) Alternative form of ماه (mâh, “moon”)

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian *HmíčaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmíčš, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*h₃meygʰ- (“fog, mist, cloud”).

Cognates with English mist, Vedic Sanskrit मिह् (mih, “fog, mist”), Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “fog, mist”), and Lithuanian miglà (“mist, haze”). Also Related to Persian میغ (miğ) and Hindi मेघ (megh) both meaning cloud.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mih]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɪ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [meʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [meʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mih
Dari reading?	meh
Iranian reading?	meh
Tajik reading?	meh

Noun

مه • (meh)

1. fog, mist

Synonyms

• میغ (miğ)

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [me]

Readings
Iranian reading?	me

Proper noun

Dari	می
Iranian Persian	مه
Tajik	май

مه • (me)

1. (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

colloquial form of من (man, "i, me") used in some dialects.

Pronunciation

• (Dari) IPA^(key): /ma/
• (Harat) IPA^(key): /mə/
• (Sistani) IPA^(key): /me/

Pronoun

مه • (mə, me, ma)

1. (colloquial) first-person singular pronoun: I, me

   مه نمی‌فهمم

   ma namē-fahmam

   I don't understand

   (Dari romanization)

Usage notes

Used primarily in informal situations and, as a colloquialism, implies closeness or friendliness.

Etymology 5

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^(key): /meh/

Adjective

Dari	مه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	меҳ

مه • (meh)

1. (archaic) big, great, mickle

Noun

مه • (meh) (plural مهان (mehân))

1. (archaic) big, great, mickle

Antonyms

• که (keh)

Derived terms

• مهتر (mehtar)

Etymology 6

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^(key): /mæ/

Particle

Dari	مه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ма

مه • (ma)

1. (rare) prohibitive particle
   میازار موری که دانه‌کش است که جان دارد و جان شیرین خوش است

   mayâzâr muri ke dâne-keš ast ke jân dârad o jâne širin xoš ast

   Do not harass the ant that carries the seed, for it has life, and sweet life is happiness

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^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1235a