मध्य

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मध्य (mádhya), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with Latin medius (“middle, medium”), English mid, middle.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /məd̪ʱ.jᵊ/, [mɐd̪ʱ.jᵊ]

Adjective

मध्य • (madhya)

1. middle (normally of time)
2. central, in the middle of

Noun

मध्य • (madhya) m

1. center/centre, middle

   Synonym: बीच (bīc)

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मध्य (mádhya). Compare with Marathi मध्ये (madhye) and Marathi माज (māj).

Noun

मध्य • (madhya) m

1. centre, middle
2. waist

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मध्य”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, middle”). Cognate with Latin medius (“middle, medium”), Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬥𐬀 (maⁱδiiāna), English mid, middle.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́dʱ.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐd̪ʱ.jɐ/

Adjective

मध्य • (mádhya) stem

1. middle
2. central

Noun

मध्य • (mádhya) stem, m

1. centre, middle

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मध्य (mádhya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मध्यः mádhyaḥ	मध्यौ / मध्या¹ mádhyau / mádhyā¹	मध्याः / मध्यासः¹ mádhyāḥ / mádhyāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मध्य mádhya	मध्यौ / मध्या¹ mádhyau / mádhyā¹	मध्याः / मध्यासः¹ mádhyāḥ / mádhyāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मध्यम् mádhyam	मध्यौ / मध्या¹ mádhyau / mádhyā¹	मध्यान् mádhyān
Instrumental	मध्येन mádhyena	मध्याभ्याम् mádhyābhyām	मध्यैः / मध्येभिः¹ mádhyaiḥ / mádhyebhiḥ¹
Dative	मध्याय mádhyāya	मध्याभ्याम् mádhyābhyām	मध्येभ्यः mádhyebhyaḥ
Ablative	मध्यात् mádhyāt	मध्याभ्याम् mádhyābhyām	मध्येभ्यः mádhyebhyaḥ
Genitive	मध्यस्य mádhyasya	मध्ययोः mádhyayoḥ	मध्यानाम् mádhyānām
Locative	मध्ये mádhye	मध्ययोः mádhyayoḥ	मध्येषु mádhyeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• • Kashmiri: मंज़ (maṃz)
• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀛 (majha)
• • Bengali–Assamese:
    • Assamese: মাজ (maz)
    • Bengali: মাঝ (majh)
    • Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠏ (mazó)
• • Marathi: माज (māj), माजी (mājī) (poetic)
• Pali: majjha
• • Old Gujarati: मांहि (māṃhi)
    • Gujarati: માં (mā̃)
  • Old Hindi:
    • Hindi: माँझ (māñjh) (obsolete), में (mẽ, “in”)
  • Pahari:
    • Nepali: मा (mā)
• → Bengali: মধ্য (môddhô)
  • ⇒ Bengali: মধ্যে (môddhe)
• → Gujarati: મધ્ય (madhya)
  • ⇒ Gujarati: મધ્યે (madhye)
• → Hindi: मध्य (madhya)
• → Marathi: मध्य (madhya)
  • ⇒ Marathi: मध्ये (madhye), मधे (madhe)
• → Punjabi: ਮੱਧ (maddha)
• → Tamil: மத்தியம் (mattiyam)
• → Telugu: మధ్య (madhya)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mádhya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press