میز

What it means

میز (miz) means “table.” It refers to any piece of furniture with a flat top supported by legs, dining tables, desks, side tables, work tables.

How to use it

• کتاب روی میز است (ketâb ru-ye miz ast) “The book is on the table”
• میز را پاک کن (miz râ pâk kon) “Clean the table”
• پشت میز نشسته است (posht-e miz neshaste ast) “He is sitting at the desk”

Common pairings

• میز ناهارخوری (miz-e nâhâr-khori) “dining table”
• میز کار (miz-e kâr) “work desk”
• میز تحریر (miz-e tahrir) “writing desk”
• زیر میز (zir-e miz) “under the table” (also figurative for bribery)

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Neutral. Daily-use vocabulary.

References

• Dehkhoda
• Vajehyab