Arabic

Verb

مَهْ • ‎(mah) ‎(form I)

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

Verb

مُهْ • ‎(muh) ‎(form I)

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

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæh/

Noun

مه • ‎(mah)

1. (poetic) Alternative form of ماه

Derived terms

• روزمه ‎(ruz-mah)
• مهتاب ‎(mah-tāb)
• مهشید ‎(mah-šid)
• مهوش ‎(mahvaš)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meh/

Noun

مه • ‎(meh)

1. fog
2. mist

Synonyms

• میغ ‎(miğ)

Etymology 3

From French mai.

• Month of the year: مه
  • Previous: آوریل
  • Next: ژوئن

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me/

Proper noun

مه • ‎(Me)

1. (Iran) May

See also

• مرداد ‎(Mordâd)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (dialectal, Harat) IPA^(key): /mə/
• (Sistani) IPA^(key): /me/

Pronoun

مه • ‎(mə, me)

1. (dialectal, Harat) I, me
2. (Sistani) I, me

Etymology 5

From Middle Persian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s ‎(“great”). Cognate to Ancient Greek μέγας ‎(mégas, “big, large”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meh/

Adjective

مه • ‎(meh)

1. (archaic) big, great

Noun

مه • ‎(meh) ‎(plural مهان ‎(mehân))

1. (archaic) big, great

Antonyms

• که ‎(keh)

Derived terms

• مهتر ‎(mehtar)

Etymology 6

From Middle Persian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæ/

Particle

مه • ‎(ma)

1. (rare) prohibitive particle

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