مادیان

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian mʾtygʾn (mādiyān). Akin to ‎ (māda, “female”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɒːdiˈi̯ɒːn/

Noun

مادیان • (mâdiyân) (plural مادیان‌ها‎ (mâdiyân-hâ))

mare; the female of a horse and sometimes other equine animal
- 977-1010, Firdawsī, Shāhnāma, "گفتار اندر داستان فرود سیاوش"
  خروش دم مادیان یافت اسپ
  بجوشید برسان آذرگشسپ
  xurōš-i dum-i mādiyān yāft asp
  bijōšīd bar-sān-i Āḏargušasp
- 1197, Nizāmī, Haft Paykar, "کشتن بهرام اژدها را و گنج یافتن"
  آخرالامر مادیان گوری
  آمد افکند در جهان شوری
  āxar-ul-amr mādiyān gōrē
  āmad afkand dar jahān šōrē
‏‎
mādiyān-gōr
female zebra

Descendants

Armenian: մադիան (madian)
Azerbaijani: madyan / مادیان‎
Ottoman Turkish: مادیان‎ (mâdiyân)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “مادیان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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