मियाँ

See also: मया, माया, मायी, मींयां, मेय्, and मेय

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (miyān, “middle; lord, sir (in Indo-Persian)”). First attested as Old Hindi मींयां (mī̃yā̃).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɪ.jɑ̃ː/, [mi.jä̃ː]

Noun

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

Declension of मियाँ (masc unmarked ā̃-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मियाँ miyā̃	मियाँ miyā̃
oblique	मियाँ miyā̃	मियाओं miyāõ
vocative	मियाँ miyā̃	मियाओं miyāõ

Further reading

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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