ꠝꠣꠎ

Sylheti

Alternative forms

  • ꠝꠣꠏ (mazó)

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛 (majjha), from Sanskrit मध्य (madhya), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”).

Cognate with Bengali মাঝ (majh), Assamese মাজ (maz). Doublet of ꠝꠤꠀ (mia) and ꠝꠄꠖꠣꠘ (moedan).

Noun

ꠝꠣꠎ • (maz)

  1. the middle, centre
  2. the inside, interior
  3. the midst, the company of

References

  • Gwynn, Roger (2016), “maj”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.
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