میانجی
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mdyʾncyk' /mayānǰīg/, “mediator, intermediary”),[1] ultimately from Proto-Iranian *madyānah, from *mádyah (“middle”).
Cognate with Sogdian 𐼍𐼊𐼌𐼀𐼎𐼕𐼊 (myδʾncy /mēδānčī/, “middle, mediator”). [2]
Noun edit
میانجی • (miyânji) (plural میانجیها (miyânji-hâ))
Related terms edit
- میانجیگری (miyânjigari)
- میانجیگری کردن (miyânjigari kardan)
- میانجیگری نمودن (miyânjigari nemudan)
- زبان میانجی (zabân-e miyânji, “lingua franca”)
References edit
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “mayānǰīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 55
- ^ Gharib, B. (1995) “mēδānčī”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 223