मींयां

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

Old Hindi

Alternative forms

• मियां (miyā̃)

Etymology

PIE word
*médʰyos

Borrowed from Classical Persian میان (miyān, “lord, sir (in Indo-Persian)”). Compare Old Punjabi ਮੀਆ (mīā /⁠mīāṁ⁠/).

Noun

मींयां (mī̃yā̃)

1. a respectful term of address to an elderly Muslim man

Descendants

• Hindustani: miyā̃

  Hindi: मियाँ

  Urdu: مِیاں (miyā̃)

Further reading

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 558