میزان

Borrowed from Arabic مِيزَان (mīzān, “balance, scales”).

میزان • (mizan) (plural موازین (mevazin))

1. balance, pair of scales, a device for measuring weight

   Synonym: ترازو (terazi)

2. (mathematics) proof of any arithmetical operation
3. (astronomy) Libra, a constellation of the Zodiac

   Synonym: ترازو (terazi)

4. (astrology) Libra, the zodiac sign for the scales

   Synonym: ترازو (terazi)

5. (accounting) balance sheet, a summary of assets, liabilities and equity
6. (figuratively) balance, equity, justice, impartiality

• Turkish: mizan

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mizan1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3246
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “میزان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1256
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Libra”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 947
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• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mizan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “میزان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2055

From Arabic مِيزَان (mīzān).

میزان • (mizân)

1. balance; pair of scales

   Synonym: ترازو (tarâzu)

2. amount; rate

   میزان رشد ― mizân-e rošd ― growth rates

   میزان درآمد او ― mizân-e darâmad-e u ― amount of his income

   میزان ازدواج کل کشور ― mizân-e ezdevâj-e koll-e kešvar ― marriage rates in the entire country

3. (music) bar, measure

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मीज़ान (mīzān)

  Urdu: میزان (mīzān)

• → Uzbek: mezon

میزان • (mizân)

1. (Dari and dated elsewhere) Mizan, the seventh month of the solar Persian calendar.

   Synonym: مهر (mehr)

2. Short for برج میزان (borz-e mizân, “the constellation Libra”).

• Solar Hijri calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Classical Persian میزان (mīzān), from Arabic مِيزَان (mīzān).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /miː.zɑːn/

میزان • (mīzān) f (Hindi spelling मीज़ान)

1. balance
2. scales

• تلا (tulā)
• ترازو (tarāzū)