[mɛ͂], ppn. in, into, during, among, between.
[◀MIA: Pk. majjha- adj. ‘middle’, and n. ‘the middle’; Pa. majjha- ‘middle’ n. ‘the middle’ ◀OIA mádhya- ‘middle’, n. ‘the middle’ RV., ‘waist’ ŚBr. Equivalent to postpositions with genitive: madhyam ‘among’ MBh., mádhyēna ‘between’ ŚBr., madhyāt ‘from’ R., madhyē ‘in, among’ Mn. ◀PIE *medhi-, medhi̯o- ‘middle’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. mid, middle ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. medium, medieval ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 1107; (Turner, 1966) 9804; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 514; (MW, 1899) 0781; (Pokorny, 1959) 0706; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.303
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