Persian

Noun

مزه • ‎(maze) ‎(plural مزه‌ها ‎(maze-hâ))

1. taste, flavour, smack, relish

   مزه این سیب ترش است.‎

   Maze-ye in sib torš ast.

   This apple tastes sour. (lit. The flavor of this apple is sour)

2. joy, pleasure
3. a snack; a morsel taken after drinking liquor.

Synonyms

• طعم ‎(ta'm)

Derived terms

• خوش‌مزه ‎(xoš-maze)
• بدمزه ‎(bad-maze)
• مزه‌دار ‎(maze-dâr)
• بی‌مزه ‎(bê-maze)
• بامزه ‎(bâ-maze)
• مزه دادن ‎(maze dâdan)
• مزه کردن ‎(maze kardan)
• مزه دهن ‎(maze-ye dahan)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: मज़ा ‎(mazā)
  • Urdu: مزا ‎(mazā), مزہ ‎(maza)
• → Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] ‎(meze)
  • Turkish: meze
  • → Albanian: meze
  • → Bulgarian: мезѐ ‎(mezѐ)
  • → Greek: μεζές ‎(mezés)
    • → English: meze
  • → Romanian: meze, mezelîc
  • → Serbo-Croatian: mèze / мѐзе
• → Punjabi: ਮਜਾ ‎(maja)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “مزه+maza”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mizag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press