majjhima
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀺𑀫 (Brahmi script)
- मज्झिम (Devanagari script)
- মজ্ঝিম (Bengali script)
- මජ්ඣිම (Sinhalese script)
- မဇ္ဈိမ or မဇ္ၛိမ or မၹ္ꧢိမ or မၹ်ꧢိမ (Burmese script)
- มชฺฌิม or มัชฌิมะ (Thai script)
- ᨾᨩ᩠ᨫᩥᨾ (Tai Tham script)
- ມຊ຺ຌິມ or ມັຊຌິມະ (Lao script)
- មជ្ឈិម (Khmer script)
- 𑄟𑄎𑄴𑄏𑄨𑄟 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit मध्यम (madhyama, “middlemost”).
Adjective
majjhima
- middle, medium, mediocre
- (grammar) In combination with the word for 'person', the meaning is "second".
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (in Pali), page 253; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- तुम्हे पयुज्जमानेपि अप्पयुज्जमानेपि तुल्याधिकरणे मज्झिमो पुरिसो होति।
- Tumhe payujjamānepi appayujjamānepi tulyādhikaraṇe majjhimo puriso hoti.
- The second person is used when there is agreement with 'you', be it expressed or unexpressed.
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Usage notes
This word usually refers to one of a series of three, such as "small, medium, big" or "first, middle, last".