میاں
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Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian میان (miyān, “center, (India) lord, sir”). First attested as Old Hindi मींयां (mī̃yā̃).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mɪ.jɑ̃ː/
Noun
[edit]مِیاں • (miyā̃) m (Hindi spelling मियाँ)
- (honorific, endearing) mister, sir
- کْیا بات کَر رَہے ہو مِیاں؟
- kyā bāt kar rahe ho miyā̃
- What are you talking about, mister?
- husband
- person
Declension
[edit]Declension of میاں | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | مِیاں (miyā̃) | مِیاں (miyā̃) |
oblique | مِیاں (miyā̃) | مِیاؤں (miyāõ) |
vocative | مِیاں (miyā̃) | مِیاؤں (miyāõ) |
Further reading
[edit]- “میاں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مياں”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 625
- “میاں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ميان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1103
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