میانجی

Persian

Etymology

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

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

  1. mediator

References
  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
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