मध्ये

Marathi

Alternative forms

  • मध्यें (madhyẽ) – nasalised form
  • मधे (madhe) – less common, pronunciation variant
  • मध्य (madhya)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मध्य (madhya). Compare with Hindi मध्य (madhya), Bengali মধ্যে (môddhe) and Marathi माज (māj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mə.d̪ʱe/
  • Despite being spelt with a य, य is rarely pronounced in this word. Pronounced exactly like the alternate form मधे (madhe).

Adjective

मध्ये • (madhye)

  1. (predicative) middle, central
    Synonyms: मधला (madhlā), मधील (madhīl) (more learned)

Adverb

मध्ये • (madhye)

  1. in the middle, in between

Postposition

मध्ये • (madhye)

  1. in, inside of
    घरामध्ये ― gharāmadhye ― inside the house
    खोलीमध्ये ― kholīmadhye ― in the room
  2. between

References

  • Maxine Berntsen (1982-1983), “मधे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “मधला”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “मधील”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mádhya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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