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 مئن (men) and Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mi.jɑːn]

• (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)

1. middle

   در این میان ― dar in miyân ― in the midst of this

2. centre

   Synonym: وسط (vasat)

3. (poetic) waist
4. (Dari, Indo-Persian) lord, sir

Derived terms

• میانه (miyāna / 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

بالا

پایین

در

جلوی

پشت

روی

کنار

زیر

میان

Prepositions of location

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

1. among, between

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

Further reading

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