میاں

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)

  1. (honorific, endearing) mister, sir
    ‏کْیا بات کَر رَہے ہو مِیاں؟‎‎
    kyā bāt kar rahe ho miyā̃
    What are you talking about, mister?
  2. husband
    ‏مِیاں بِیوِی‎ ― miyā̃ bīvī ― husband and wife
    Synonyms: شَوہَر‎ (śauhar), خاونْد‎ (xāvand)
  3. person

Declension
Declension of میاں
singular plural
direct مِیاں‎ (miyā̃) مِیاں‎ (miyā̃)
oblique مِیاں‎ (miyā̃) مِیاؤں‎ (miyāõ)
vocative مِیاں‎ (miyā̃) مِیاؤں‎ (miyāõ)

Further reading
  • “میاں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (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
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “ميان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1103
  • “میاں”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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