Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/mádyah

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰyas.

Adjective

*mádyah

middle

Derived terms

*madyāna-
- Central Iranian:
  - Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬥𐬀‎‎ (maiδiiāna‎)
- Northeastern Iranian:
  - Bactrian: μιλανο (milano)
  - Sogdian:
    Manichaean: 𐫖𐫏𐫔𐫀𐫗‎ (myδʾn /mēẟan/)
- Northwestern Iranian:
  - Kurdish: (via metathesis)
    Northern Kurdish: nav
    
    Central Kurdish: ناو‎ (naw)
    
    Southern Kurdish: ناو‎ (naw)
    
    Laki: نام‎ (nam), نوم‎ (num)
  - Gurani: میان‎ (miyān)
  - Parthian:
    Manichaean: 𐫖𐫅𐫏𐫀𐫗‎ (mdyʾn)
- Southwestern Iranian:
  - Middle Persian: [Term?] (/mayān/, “between”)
    Manichaean: 𐫖𐫏𐫀𐫗‎ (myʾn)
    
    Pahlavi: [script needed] (mdyʾn')
    - Classical Persian: میان‎ (/miyān/)
      - Persian: میان‎ (/miyân/)
- → Arabic: مَيْدَان‎ (maydān) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Central Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬀‎‎ (maiδiia‎)
Northeastern Iranian:
- Ossetian: мидӕг (midæg)

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