मींयां

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Old Hindi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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PIE word
*médʰyos

Borrowed from Classical Persian میان (miyān, lord, sir (in Indo-Persian)). Compare Old Punjabi ਮੀਆ (mīā /⁠mīāṁ⁠/).

Noun

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मींयां (mī̃yā̃)

  1. a respectful term of address to an elderly Muslim man

Descendants

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  • Hindustani: miyā̃
    Hindi: मियाँ
    Urdu: مِیاں (miyā̃)

Further reading

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  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 558