میان

Persian

Alternative forms

میون (miyun) (Tehrani)

Etymology

From Middle Persian mdyʾn' (mayān), from Old Persian *madyānaʰ, from Proto-Iranian *mádyānah, composed of *mádyah +‎ *-anah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰyas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬀 (maⁱδiia), Sanskrit मध्य (madhya), Ossetian мидӕг (midæg), Gilaki (men) and Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mi.ˈjaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mi.jɑːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mi.jɑːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mi.jɔːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mi.jɒːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mi.jɔn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	miyān
Dari reading^?	miyān
Iranian reading^?	miyân
Tajik reading^?	miyon

Noun

میان • (miyān / miyân) (Tajik spelling миён)

middle
― dar in miyân ― in the midst of this
centre
Synonym: وسط (vasat)
(poetic) waist
(Dari, Indo-Persian) lord, sir

Derived terms

میانه (miyâne)

Descendants

→ Bengali: মিঞা (mĩa), মিয়া (miẏa), মিয়াঁ (miẏã), মিঁয়া (mĩẏa), মিঞাঁ (mĩã), মিয়ান (miẏan) — archaic, Vanga
- → English: Miah, Miya
→ Ottoman Turkish: میان
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਮੀਆਂ (mīā̃)

Shahmukhi script: میاں (mīyān)
Sylheti: ꠝꠤꠀ (mia)

Preposition

Picture dictionary

میان

Prepositions of location

میان • (miyān-i / miyân-e) (Tajik spelling миёни)

among, between
Synonyms: بین (beyn-e), وسط (vasat-e)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “میان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim