میانجی

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mdyʾncyk' /⁠mayānǰīg⁠/, mediator, intermediary),[1] ultimately from Proto-Iranian *madyānah, from *mádyah (middle).

Cognate with Sogdian 𐼍𐼊𐼌𐼀𐼎𐼕𐼊 (myδʾncy /⁠mēδānčī⁠/, middle, mediator). [2]

Noun

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میانجی (miyânji) (plural میانجی‌ها (miyânji-hâ))

  1. mediator
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References

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  1. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mayānǰīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 55
  2. ^ Gharib, B. (1995) “mēδānčī”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 223