majjhima

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Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मध्यम (madhyama, middlemost).

Adjective

majjhima

  1. middle, medium, mediocre
  2. (grammar) In combination with the word for 'person', the meaning is "second".
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎, page 253; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      तुम्हे पयुज्जमानेपि अप्पयुज्जमानेपि तुल्याधिकरणे मज्झिमो पुरिसो होति।
      Tumhe payujjamānepi appayujjamānepi tulyādhikaraṇe majjhimo puriso hoti.
      The second person is used when there is agreement with 'you', be it expressed or unexpressed.

Usage notes

This word usually refers to one of a series of three, such as "small, medium, big" or "first, middle, last".

Declension