تمیز

Egyptian Arabic
Root
م ي ز
1 term

Verb

تميّز • (tamayyiz) V (non-past يتميّز (yitmayyiz))

  1. to be distinguished, to be characterised
    مناخ مصر بيتميز بالتنوع الكبير.
    Egypt's climate is characterised by its diversity.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تمیز (tamiz), from Arabic تَمْيِيز (tamyīz).

Adjective

تمیز • (temiz)

  1. pure, clean, free of flaws or imperfections
    Synonyms: آری (arı), پاك (pak), خالص (halis), صفی (safi)
  2. honest, honorable, respectable, estimable

Derived terms
  • تمیزلتمك (temizletmek, “to make or let be cleaned”)
  • تمیزلك (temizlik, “cleanness; purity”)
  • تمیزلمك (temizlemek, “to clean, clear away”)
  • تمیزلنمك (temizlenmek, “to become clean”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: temiz
  • → Serbo-Croatian: tèmiz / тѐмиз

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمْيِيز (tamyīz).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.míːz]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.míːz]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.míz]

Readings
Classical reading? tamīz
Dari reading? tamīz
Iranian reading? tamiz
Tajik reading? tamiz

Adjective
Dari پاک
Iranian Persian تمیز
Tajik пок, тоза

تمیز • (tamiz) (comparative تمیزتَر (tamiz-tar), superlative تمیزتَرین (tamiz-tarin))

  1. clean, neat, tidy
    Antonym: کثیف (kasif)
  2. properly done

Inflection
    Enclitic-attached forms of تمیز (tamiz)
    Basic forms of تمیز (tamiz)
bare تمیز
(tamiz)
ezâfe تمیز
(tamiz-e)
marked indefinite
or relative definite		 تمیزی
(tamiz-i)
    Possessive forms of تمیز (tamiz)
singular plural
1st person
(“my, our”)		 تمیزم
(tamizam)		 تمیزمان
(tamizemân)
[Term?]△
(tamizemun)
2nd person
(“your”)		 تمیزت
(tamizat)
[Term?]△
(tamizet)		 تمیزتان
(tamizetân)
[Term?]△
(tamizetun)
3rd person
(“his, her, its, their”)		 تمیزش
(tamizaš)
[Term?]△
(tamizeš)		 تمیزشان
(tamizešân)
[Term?]△
(tamizešun)
△ Colloquial.
    Predicative forms of تمیز (tamiz)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)		 تمیزم
(tamizam)		 تمیزیم
(tamizim)
2nd person
(“you are”)		 تمیزی
(tamizi)		 تمیزید
(tamizid)
تمیزین △
(tamizin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)		 تمیز است
(tamiz ast)
تمیزه △
(tamize)		 تمیزند
(tamizand)
تمیزن △
(tamizan)
△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

تمیز • (tamiz)

  1. discernment; discrimination between things

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تمیز (tamīz), itself from Arabic تَمْيِيز (tamyīz).

Pronunciation

Noun

تَمِیز • (tamīz) f (Hindi spelling तमीज़)

  1. manners, etiquette
  2. respect

Declension
Declension of تمیز
singular plural
direct تَمِیز (tamīz) تَمِیزیں (tamīzẽ)
oblique تَمِیز (tamīz) تَمِیزوں (tamīzõ)
vocative تَمِیز (tamīz) تَمِیزو (tamīzo)

Derived terms

References
  • “تمیز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “تمیز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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