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مِيزان
scale /miːˈzaːn/
nounB2#4299 most common
Also: balance, gauge, meter (in poetry)
Example sentences
هٰذا مِيزانٌ.
This is a scale.
أَزِنُ الفَواكِهَ بِالمِيزانِ.
I weigh the fruit with the scale.
اشْتَرَيْتُ مِيزانًا جَديدًا لِلمَطْبَخِ.
I bought a new scale for the kitchen.
العَدْلُ مِيزانُ المُجْتَمَعِ.
Justice is the balance of society.
يَجِبُ أَنْ نُحافِظَ عَلى مِيزانِ المَدْفوعاتِ بَيْنَ الدُّوَلِ.
We must maintain the balance of payments between countries.
تُوزَنُ الأَعْمالُ يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ بِالمَوازينِ العادِلَةِ.
Deeds will be weighed on the Day of Judgment with just scales.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مِيزانٌ | مَوازينُ |
| Genitive | مِيزانٍ | مَوازينَ |
| Accusative | مِيزانًا | مَوازينَ |
| Vocative | يا مِيزانُ | يا مَوازينُ |
Word family
وَزَنَto weigh
وَزْنweight; poetic meterمَوْزونweighed; well-proportioned
تَوازُنequilibrium, balanceمِيزانِيّةbudget
Etymology
Mīzān comes from the Semitic root w-z-n, meaning to weigh or to have weight. It follows the mifʿāl pattern, which forms nouns for tools and instruments, so the word literally names the device used for weighing. The root's initial w merges with the prefix vowel to produce the long ī, turning the expected mawzān into mīzān.
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