माध्यम

See also: मध्यम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit माध्यम (mādhyama, “middle, central”), vṛddhi derivative of मध्यम (madhyama). The noun is a semantic loan from and phono-semantic matching of English medium.

Noun

माध्यम • (mādhyam) m

1. medium, means

   अँग्रेज़ी माध्यम ― aṅgrezī mādhyam ― English medium

Declension

Declension of माध्यम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	माध्यम mādhyam	माध्यम mādhyam
oblique	माध्यम mādhyam	माध्यमों mādhyamõ
vocative	माध्यम mādhyam	माध्यमो mādhyamo

Adjective

माध्यम • (mādhyam) (indeclinable)

1. (uncommon) middle, central, mid

Synonyms

• मध्य (madhya)

Derived terms

• माध्यमिक (mādhyamik)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “माध्यम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press