مسیح

See also: مسيح

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ, “anointed; Messiah”).

Noun

مسیح • (mesih)

1. Messiah, the promised liberator of the Jewish people or Jesus for the Christians

Derived terms

• مسیحی (mesihî, “messianic”)

Descendants

• Turkish: Mesih

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “Mesih”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3163
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “Mesîh”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 748
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مسیح”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1169
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Messias”, 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^[3], Vienna, column 1043
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مسیح”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4663
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mesih”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مسیح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1860

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ma.ˈseːh], [ma.ˈsiːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.séːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.séːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.séː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.séː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.síːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.séʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	masēh, masīh
Dari reading?	masēh
Iranian reading?	masih
Tajik reading?	maseh

Noun

Dari	مسیح
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Масеҳ

مَسیح • (masih)

1. messiah
2. Christ

Derived terms

• مسیحی (masihi)
• مسیحیت (masihiyat)

Related terms

• مسیحا (masihâ)
• ماشیح (mâših)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَسِیح (masīh), from Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ, “anointed, messiah”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mə.siːɦ/

Noun

مَسِیح • (masīh) m (Hindi spelling मसीह)

1. (Islam, Christianity, Judaism) Christ, Messiah

Derived terms

• مَسِیحی (masīhī)
• مَسِیحِیَت (masīhiyat)
• قَبْلِ مَسِیح (qabl-i masīh)

Related terms

• مَسِیحا (masīhā)
• عِیدِ مِیلادِ مَسِیح ('īd-i mīlād-i masīh)