میغ

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian myγ (mēγ, cloud, mist), from Parthian, from Proto-Iranian *Hmaygáh (compare Manichaean Parthian myg, Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬖𐬀- (maēγa-, cloud)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás (compare Sanskrit मेघ (megha, cloud)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ- (cloud, mist, fog).

Related to Persian مه (meh), and cognate with Northern Kurdish mij.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? mēğ
Dari reading? mēğ
Iranian reading? miğ
Tajik reading? meġ

Noun

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میغ (miğ)

  1. (archaic, poetic) cloud
  2. fog, mist

Descendants

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  • Urdu: میغ (mēğ)

Urdu

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian میغ (mēğ, cloud; fog, mist).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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میغ (meġ? (Hindi spelling मेग़)

  1. cloud; especially a dark cloud, storm cloud
  2. fog; mist

Derived terms

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References

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  • میغ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.