مویز

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian *maywēz, from Proto-Iranian *madwī-ča-, analyzable as می (mey, “wine”) + an unknown second element. Compare Northern Kurdish mêwîj (“raisins”) and Mazanderani ممیج (mamij, “raisins”).

Noun

مویز • (maviz, meviz)

  1. raisins
  • میویزه (meyvize), میویژه (meyviže), مویزه (mavize), میویزک (meyvizak), مویزک (mavizak, inherited diminutives also used as plant names passed into Arabic مَيْوِيزَج (maywīzaj, “stavesacre”) and Classical Syriac ܡܝܘܝܙܓ (mīwēzag, “grapes”))

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: məviz, meviz, meviç, mövüz, standard mövüc
  • → Kazakh: мейіз (meiız)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مویز (meviz)
  • → Uzbek: mayiz

References

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