Etymograph

English

Majhi

Majhi comes from Punjabi ਮਾਝਾ ‘Majha’, from Sanskrit मध्य ‘middle, centre’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰi ‘with, among’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*médʰi‘with, among’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*médʰyos‘middle’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*mádʰyas‘middle’reconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमध्य‘middle, centre’
  5. Punjabimodernਮਾਝਾ‘Majha’
  6. Punjabi, derivedmodernਮਾਝੀ-
  7. EnglishtodayMajhi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*médʰi‘with, among’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*médʰyos‘middle’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*mádʰyas‘middle’reconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमध्य‘middle, centre’
  5. Punjabimodernਮਾਝਾ‘Majha’
  6. Punjabi, derivedmodernਮਾਝੀ-
  7. EnglishtodayMajhi

Formed from Majha + -i

Punjabi ਮਾਝਾ

English Majha

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’

do, fact, deal, hot, fair, defense, fan, benefit, feature, theme, fashion, defence, custom, ethnic, sufficient, treasury, treasure, thesis, aesthetic, defendant, feast, synthetic, theology, ethical, doom, tick, deed, dis, atheist, auditorium, auditor, atheism, deem, spade, ethos, forfeit, feral, ethic, fanatic, familial, 125 more

through Proto-Indo-European *médʰi ‘with, among’

medial, medallion, meson, 5 more

through Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos ‘middle’

mean, media, mid, medium, medal, midst, demi, mezzanine, moiety, medulla, meso, maidan, medio, moyen, intermezzo, 32 more

Another origin of Majhi

  1. Majhimodernमाझी
  2. EnglishtodayMajhi

Today it means

name A dialect of Punjabi, spoken in the Majha region in both India and Pakistan.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *médʰi / Majhi

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