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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian میان (miyān, “center, (India) lord, sir”). First attested as Old Hindi मींयां (mī̃yā̃).
Pronunciation
Noun
مِیاں • (miyā̃) m (Hindi spelling मियाँ)
- (honorific, endearing, chiefly men's speech and dated) mister, sir
کْیا بات کَر رَہے ہو مِیاں؟- kyā bāt kar rahe ho miyā̃
- What are you talking about, mister?
- (polite, chiefly women's speech) husband
- Synonyms: شَوہَر (śauhar), خاونْد (xāvand)
- مِیاں بِیوِی ― miyā̃ bīvī ― husband and wife
- person
Declension
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plural
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مِیاں (miyā̃)
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مِیاں (miyā̃)
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مِیاں (miyā̃)
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مِیاؤں (miyāõ)
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مِیاں (miyā̃)
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مِیاؤں (miyāõ)
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Further reading
- “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 , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ميان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1103