মেজ

Bengali

Alternative forms

মেঝো (mejhō), মেজো (mejō), মেঝ (mejho)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit मध्य (madhya), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with Latin medius (“middle, medium”), English mid, middle.

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /medʒo/, [ˈmedʒoˑ]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /medʑo/, [ˈmedʑoˑ]

Adjective

মেজ • (mejo) (comparative আরও মেজ, superlative সবচেয়ে মেজ)

secondborn, second in age
middle, medium

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (mēz), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (myʾzd /⁠mēzd⁠/, “sacrifice, offering meal; table[1]”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (mēzag, “small table[2]”).[3][4][5] Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀‎ (myazda, “sacrifice”), Khotanese [script needed] (mastāña, “fodder”) and Sanskrit मियेध (miyédha, “sacrificial oblation, offering of food”).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /mez/, [ˈmeːz], [ˈmez]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /mez/, [ˈmeːz], [ˈmez]

Noun

মেজ • (mej) (objective মেজ (mej) or মেজকে (mejoke), genitive মেজের (mejer), locative মেজে (meje))

desk, table
Synonyms: টেবিল (ṭebil), ডেস্ক (ḍesk)

আমরা যদি ও পাতিয়াছি মেজে
amra jodiō patiẏachi meje
Even if we have laid it out in the table.
Rabindranath Tagore

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 S. (2011), “mīz”, in A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects (in Persian and English), 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

Accessible Dictionary, “মেজ” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
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[1] Bailey, H. W. (1979), “phaysdve”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 259

[Durkin-2] 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

[3] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mēzd”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 56

[4] Asatrian, Garnik S. (2011), “mīz”, in A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects (in Persian and English), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 281

[5] Bailey, H. W. (1979), “mastān̄a”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 326