मध्य

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

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

मध्य • (madhya) (indeclinable)

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

मध्य • (madhya) m

1. center/centre, middle

   Synonym: बीच (bīc)

2. (Indian classical music) Synonym of मध्यम (madhyam)
3. (Indian classical music) a medium tempo, played quicker than विलंबित (vilambit) and slower than द्रुत (drut)
4. (Indian classical music) the middle-pitch सप्तक (saptak), higher than मंद्र (mandra) and lower than तार (tār)

Borrowed from Sanskrit मध्य (mádhya). Doublet of मध्ये (madhye) and माज (māj).

• IPA^(key): /məd̪ʱ.jə/

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मध्य • (madhya) m

1. centre, middle
2. waist

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

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰyas (“middle”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬀 (maⁱδiia), Latin medius (“middle, medium”), Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos), English mid, middle.

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

मध्य • (mádhya) stem

1. middle
2. central

मध्य • (mádhya) stem, m

1. centre, middle

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: مَنٛز (manz)
• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀛 (majha)
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛 (majjha)
  • Assamese: মাজ (maz)
  • Bengali: মাঝ (majh), মেজ (mej), মেঝে (mejhe)
  • Magahi: माझ
  • Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠏ (mazó)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛 (majjha)
  • Marathi: माज (māj), माजी (mājī) (poetic)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: mañjh (“middle”) (noun)

    Gurmukhi script: ਮੰਝ

    Shahmukhi script: منجھ

  • Punjabi: ਮੰਝਲਾ (mañjhlā), ਮਝਲਾ (majhlā, “middle, intermediate”) (adjective)
    • ਮੰਝੋਲਾ (mañjholā), ਮਝੋਲਾ (majholā) (alternative forms)
  • Punjabi: ਮਾਝ (mājh, “in the midst of”), (postposition)
  • Punjabi: ਮੰਝਾਰ (mañjhār, “in, within”) (archaic)
  • Punjabi: ਮਾਝਾ (mājjhā, “Majha, central Punjab”)
    • Punjabi: ਮਝੈਲ (majhail, “native of Majha”)
• Pali: majjha
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛 (majjha)
  • Old Gujarati: मांहि (māṃhi)
    • Gujarati: માં (mā̃)
  • Old Hindi:
    • Braj: माहिं (māhĩ, “in”)
    • Hindi: माँझ (māñjh) (obsolete), में (mẽ, “in”)
      • Urdu: میں (mẽ, “in”)
  • Pahari:
    • Nepali: मा (mā)
• → Bengali: মধ্য (moddho)
  • ⇒ Bengali: মধ্যে (moddhe)
• → Gujarati: મધ્ય (madhya)
  • ⇒ Gujarati: મધ્યે (madhye)
• → Hindi: मध्य (madhya)
• → Marathi: मध्य (madhya)
  • ⇒ Marathi: मध्ये (madhye), मधे (madhe)
• → Old Javanese: madhya
  • Javanese: ꦩꦢꦾ (madya)
    • → Indonesian: madya (“middle, medium”)
  • → Balinese: ᬫᬥ᭄ᬬ (madia)
• → Punjabi: ਮੱਧ (maddh)
• → Tamil: மதிய (matiya), மதியம் (matiyam), மத்தியம் (mattiyam)
• → Telugu: మధ్య (madhya), మధ్యము (madhyamu)

• Monier Williams (1899) “मध्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 781/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 303
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mádhya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “madhya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.