تمیز · تَمْيِيز — clean
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Looks the same, means something else. Watch out.
Arabic
تَمْيِيز
tamyīz/tamjiːz/
In Arabic
distinction, telling apart; discernment; (in law) discrimination
Arabic says: نَظِيف naẓīf
Persian
تمیز
tamiz/tæmiz/
In Persian
clean
- Root
- م ي ز
- Pattern
- تَفْعِيل
Note. Persian tamiz moved from 'distinguishing, refined' to 'clean'; Arabic tamyīz is telling things apart, and clean is naẓīf.
Spelling. Persian writes Arabic tamyīz with a single ی and says tamiz.
Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr