मियाँ
Appearance
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian میان (miyān, “middle; lord, sir (in Indo-Persian)”). First attested as Old Hindi मींयां (mī̃yā̃). Cognate with Bengali মিঞা (mĩa).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]मियाँ • (miyā̃) m (Urdu spelling مِیاں)
- husband
- Synonym: पति (pati)
- मियाँ बीवी ― miyā̃ bīvī ― husband and wife
- (honorific) a Muslim man
- मियाँ भाई ― miyā̃ bhāī ― a Muslim man
Declension
[edit]Declension of मियाँ (masc unmarked ā̃-stem)
Further reading
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मियाँ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मियाँ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “मियाँ”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
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- Hindi terms derived from Middle Persian
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hindi terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Hindi terms derived from Classical Persian
- Hindi terms inherited from Old Hindi
- Hindi terms derived from Old Hindi
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- Hindi lemmas
- Hindi nouns
- Hindi masculine nouns
- Hindi terms with usage examples
- Hindi honorific terms
- Hindi masculine unmarked ā̃-stem nouns