मींयां
See also: मया, माया, मायी, मियाँ, मेय्, and मेय
Old Hindi
Alternative forms
- मियां (miyā̃)
Etymology
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*médʰyos |
Borrowed from Classical Persian میان (miyān, “lord, sir (in Indo-Persian)”). Compare Old Punjabi ਮੀਆ (mīā /mīāṁ/).
Noun
मींयां (mī̃yā̃)
- a respectful term of address to an elderly Muslim man
Descendants
- Hindustani: miyā̃
- Hindi: मियाँ
- Urdu: مِیاں
Further reading
- 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 853683653, page 558