Egyptian Arabic

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Root
م ي ز
1 term

Verb

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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

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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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

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Descendants

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

Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic تَمْيِيز (tamyīz).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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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

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    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.

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Descendants

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Noun

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تمیز (tamiz)

  1. discernment; discrimination between things

Urdu

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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تَمِیز (tamīzf (Hindi spelling तमीज़)

  1. manners, etiquette
  2. respect

Declension

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

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References

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  • 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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