"ماه" meaning in Persian

See ماه in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [mɑːh] [Classical-Persian], [mɑːʱ] [Dari, formal], [mɑːʱ] [Dari, formal], [mɑː] [Kabuli], [mɔː] (note: Hazaragi), [mɒːʱ] [Iran, formal], [mɔʱ] [Tajik, formal] Audio: Fa-ماه.ogg Forms: mâh [romanization], ماهها [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h) Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (byʿḥ) Persian ماه From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (byʿḥ /⁠māh⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h /⁠māha⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah (compare Northern Kurdish meh, mang, Ossetian мӕй (mæj), Avestan 𐬨𐬃 (mā̊), 𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵 (måŋh), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has (compare Sanskrit मास (mā́sa)), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”) (compare Albanian muaj, Armenian ամիս (amis), French mois, Tocharian A mañ, English moon, month). Doublet of مانگ (mâng, “Moon”). For the poetic sense "beautiful person," compare the semantics of Arabic قَمَر (qamar, “Moon; (in poetry) beautiful person”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fa|inh|pal>𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧>moon|id=moon|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h) Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (byʿḥ) Persian ماه, {{inh|fa|pal|𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧|ts=māh}} Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (byʿḥ /⁠māh⁠/), {{inh|fa|peo|𐎶𐎠𐏃|ts=māha}} Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h /⁠māha⁠/), {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*mā́Hah}} Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah, {{cog|kmr|meh}} Northern Kurdish meh, {{cog|os|мӕй}} Ossetian мӕй (mæj), {{cog|ae|𐬨𐬃}} Avestan 𐬨𐬃 (mā̊), {{inh|fa|iir-pro|*mā́Has}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has, {{cog|sa|मास|tr=mā́sa}} Sanskrit मास (mā́sa), {{inh|fa|ine-pro|*mḗh₁n̥s|t=moon, month}} Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), {{cog|sq|muaj}} Albanian muaj, {{cog|hy|ամիս}} Armenian ամիս (amis), {{cog|fr|mois}} French mois, {{cog|xto|mañ}} Tocharian A mañ, {{cog|en|moon}} English moon, {{q|in poetry}} (in poetry), {{ncog|ar|قَمَر|t=Moon; (in poetry) beautiful person}} Arabic قَمَر (qamar, “Moon; (in poetry) beautiful person”) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|ماهها|||||f1tr=mâh-hâ|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=mâh|tr2=|tr3=}} ماه • (mâh) (plural ماهها (mâh-hâ)), {{fa-noun|pl=ماهها|tr=mâh}} ماه • (mâh) (plural ماهها (mâh-hâ))
  1. moon
    Sense id: en-ماه-fa-noun-nni0PqAO
  2. month
    Sense id: en-ماه-fa-noun-pcfRcZ4o
  3. (poetic, figurative) beautiful person; beauty; the beloved Tags: figuratively, poetic Categories (topical): Astronomy Synonyms: ماهرو, ماهرُخ
    Sense id: en-ماه-fa-noun-yKS0rzvH Disambiguation of Astronomy: 40 4 56 Categories (other): Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Persian entries with etymology trees, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters: 22 3 21 3 25 4 3 3 2 2 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 13 6 18 6 16 7 6 6 3 3 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 6 18 6 16 7 6 6 3 3 16 Disambiguation of Persian entries with etymology trees: 4 4 92 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: مه (english: mah) [poetic] Derived forms: ماهان (mâhân), ماهانه (mâhâne), ماهرخ (mâhrox), ماهرو (mâhru), ماهچه (mâhče) [obsolete], مهتاب (mahtâb)
Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0",
      "kind": "topical",
      "langcode": "fa",
      "name": "Time",
      "orig": "fa:Time",
      "parents": [
        "All topics",
        "Fundamental"
      ],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mâhân",
      "word": "ماهان"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mâhâne",
      "word": "ماهانه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mâhrox",
      "word": "ماهرخ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mâhru",
      "word": "ماهرو"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mâhče",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "ماهچه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mahtâb",
      "word": "مهتاب"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa-ira",
            "2": "مَاه"
          },
          "expansion": "Iranian Persian: مَاه (mâh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Iranian Persian: مَاه (mâh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tg",
            "2": "моҳ"
          },
          "expansion": "Tajik: моҳ (moh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tajik: моҳ (moh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "માહ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: માહ (māh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: માહ (māh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-hnd",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "माह"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: माह (māh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: माह (māh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "مَاہ"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: مَاہ (māh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: مَاہ (māh)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "pal>𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧>moon",
        "id": "moon",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s\nProto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has\nProto-Iranian *mā́Hah\nOld Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h)\nMiddle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (byʿḥ)\nPersian ماه",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧",
        "ts": "māh"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (byʿḥ /⁠māh⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎶𐎠𐏃",
        "ts": "māha"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h /⁠māha⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*mā́Hah"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "meh"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish meh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "os",
        "2": "мӕй"
      },
      "expansion": "Ossetian мӕй (mæj)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬨𐬃"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬨𐬃 (mā̊)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*mā́Has"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मास",
        "tr": "mā́sa"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मास (mā́sa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mḗh₁n̥s",
        "t": "moon, month"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "muaj"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian muaj",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "ամիս"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian ամիս (amis)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "mois"
      },
      "expansion": "French mois",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xto",
        "2": "mañ"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian A mañ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "English moon",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "in poetry"
      },
      "expansion": "(in poetry)",
      "name": "q"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "قَمَر",
        "t": "Moon; (in poetry) beautiful person"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic قَمَر (qamar, “Moon; (in poetry) beautiful person”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s\nProto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has\nProto-Iranian *mā́Hah\nOld Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h)\nMiddle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (byʿḥ)\nPersian ماه\nFrom Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (byʿḥ /⁠māh⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h /⁠māha⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah (compare Northern Kurdish meh, mang, Ossetian мӕй (mæj), Avestan 𐬨𐬃 (mā̊), 𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵 (måŋh), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has (compare Sanskrit मास (mā́sa)), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”) (compare Albanian muaj, Armenian ամիս (amis), French mois, Tocharian A mañ, English moon, month). Doublet of مانگ (mâng, “Moon”).\nFor the poetic sense \"beautiful person,\" compare the semantics of Arabic قَمَر (qamar, “Moon; (in poetry) beautiful person”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mâh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ماهها",
      "roman": "mâh-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "ماهها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "mâh-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "mâh",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ماه • (mâh) (plural ماهها (mâh-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "ماهها",
        "tr": "mâh"
      },
      "expansion": "ماه • (mâh) (plural ماهها (mâh-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "At night, if the moon of the heavens comes to me through the window,\nI leap forth from my place, imagining that it is my beloved.",
          "ref": "c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 122:",
          "roman": "šabam zi rōzan agar māh-i āsmān āyad\njaham zi jāy tasawwur kunam ki māh-i man ast",
          "text": "شبم ز روزن اگر ماه آسمان آید\nجهم ز جای تصور کنم که ماه منست",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "moon"
      ],
      "id": "en-ماه-fa-noun-nni0PqAO",
      "links": [
        [
          "moon",
          "moon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "month"
      ],
      "id": "en-ماه-fa-noun-pcfRcZ4o",
      "links": [
        [
          "month",
          "month"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 3 21 3 25 4 3 3 2 2 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 6 18 6 16 7 6 6 3 3 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 6 18 6 16 7 6 6 3 3 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with etymology trees",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 4 56",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fa",
          "name": "Astronomy",
          "orig": "fa:Astronomy",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "Space",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You are so lovely.",
          "roman": "to xeyli mâhi.",
          "text": "تو خیلی ماهی",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "At night, if the moon of the heavens comes to me through the window,\nI leap forth from my place, imagining that it is my beloved [lit: \"moon\"].",
          "ref": "c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 122:",
          "roman": "šabam zi rōzan agar māh-i āsmān āyad\njaham zi jāy tasawwur kunam ki māh-i man ast",
          "text": "شبم ز روزن اگر ماه آسمان آید\nجهم ز جای تصور کنم که ماه منست",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beautiful person; beauty; the beloved"
      ],
      "id": "en-ماه-fa-noun-yKS0rzvH",
      "links": [
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "beauty",
          "beauty"
        ],
        [
          "beloved",
          "beloved"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic, figurative) beautiful person; beauty; the beloved"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ماهرو"
        },
        {
          "word": "ماهرُخ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mɑːh]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɑːʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɑːʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɔː]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɒːʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɔʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fa-ماه.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/Fa-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87.ogg/Fa-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Fa-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "mah",
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ],
      "word": "مه"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ماه"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with etymology trees",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Old Persian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Old Persian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "fa:Astronomy",
    "fa:Time"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "mâhân",
      "word": "ماهان"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mâhâne",
      "word": "ماهانه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mâhrox",
      "word": "ماهرخ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mâhru",
      "word": "ماهرو"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mâhče",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "ماهچه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mahtâb",
      "word": "مهتاب"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa-ira",
            "2": "مَاه"
          },
          "expansion": "Iranian Persian: مَاه (mâh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Iranian Persian: مَاه (mâh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tg",
            "2": "моҳ"
          },
          "expansion": "Tajik: моҳ (moh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tajik: моҳ (moh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "માહ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: માહ (māh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: માહ (māh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-hnd",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "माह"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: माह (māh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: माह (māh)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "مَاہ"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: مَاہ (māh)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: مَاہ (māh)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "pal>𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧>moon",
        "id": "moon",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s\nProto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has\nProto-Iranian *mā́Hah\nOld Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h)\nMiddle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (byʿḥ)\nPersian ماه",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧",
        "ts": "māh"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (byʿḥ /⁠māh⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎶𐎠𐏃",
        "ts": "māha"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h /⁠māha⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*mā́Hah"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "meh"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish meh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "os",
        "2": "мӕй"
      },
      "expansion": "Ossetian мӕй (mæj)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬨𐬃"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬨𐬃 (mā̊)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*mā́Has"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मास",
        "tr": "mā́sa"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मास (mā́sa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mḗh₁n̥s",
        "t": "moon, month"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "muaj"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian muaj",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "ամիս"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian ամիս (amis)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "mois"
      },
      "expansion": "French mois",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xto",
        "2": "mañ"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian A mañ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "English moon",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "in poetry"
      },
      "expansion": "(in poetry)",
      "name": "q"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "قَمَر",
        "t": "Moon; (in poetry) beautiful person"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic قَمَر (qamar, “Moon; (in poetry) beautiful person”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s\nProto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has\nProto-Iranian *mā́Hah\nOld Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h)\nMiddle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (byʿḥ)\nPersian ماه\nFrom Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (byʿḥ /⁠māh⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h /⁠māha⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah (compare Northern Kurdish meh, mang, Ossetian мӕй (mæj), Avestan 𐬨𐬃 (mā̊), 𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵 (måŋh), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has (compare Sanskrit मास (mā́sa)), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”) (compare Albanian muaj, Armenian ամիս (amis), French mois, Tocharian A mañ, English moon, month). Doublet of مانگ (mâng, “Moon”).\nFor the poetic sense \"beautiful person,\" compare the semantics of Arabic قَمَر (qamar, “Moon; (in poetry) beautiful person”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mâh",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ماهها",
      "roman": "mâh-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "ماهها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "mâh-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "mâh",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ماه • (mâh) (plural ماهها (mâh-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "ماهها",
        "tr": "mâh"
      },
      "expansion": "ماه • (mâh) (plural ماهها (mâh-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "At night, if the moon of the heavens comes to me through the window,\nI leap forth from my place, imagining that it is my beloved.",
          "ref": "c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 122:",
          "roman": "šabam zi rōzan agar māh-i āsmān āyad\njaham zi jāy tasawwur kunam ki māh-i man ast",
          "text": "شبم ز روزن اگر ماه آسمان آید\nجهم ز جای تصور کنم که ماه منست",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "moon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "moon",
          "moon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "month"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "month",
          "month"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian poetic terms",
        "Persian terms with quotations",
        "Persian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You are so lovely.",
          "roman": "to xeyli mâhi.",
          "text": "تو خیلی ماهی",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "At night, if the moon of the heavens comes to me through the window,\nI leap forth from my place, imagining that it is my beloved [lit: \"moon\"].",
          "ref": "c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 122:",
          "roman": "šabam zi rōzan agar māh-i āsmān āyad\njaham zi jāy tasawwur kunam ki māh-i man ast",
          "text": "شبم ز روزن اگر ماه آسمان آید\nجهم ز جای تصور کنم که ماه منست",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beautiful person; beauty; the beloved"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "beauty",
          "beauty"
        ],
        [
          "beloved",
          "beloved"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic, figurative) beautiful person; beauty; the beloved"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ماهرو"
        },
        {
          "word": "ماهرُخ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mɑːh]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɑːʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɑːʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɔː]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɒːʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɔʱ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fa-ماه.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/Fa-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87.ogg/Fa-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Fa-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "mah",
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ],
      "word": "مه"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ماه"
}

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