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middle
  ۱) میان؛ ۲) میانی  
1) (n.) miyân; 2) (adj.) miyâni
Fr.: 1) milieu; 2) du milieu  

The point, part, position, etc., equidistant from extremes or limits.

Etymology (EN): M.E., O.E. middel; cf. M.L.G., Du. middel, Ger. mittel, variant mid; cognate with Pers. miyân, as below; from PIE *medhyo-.

Etymology (PE): 1) Miyân “within, between, center,” from Mid.Pers. mayân “middle; among, between,” Av. maidiia- “middle, the middle,” maiδiiāna- “middle, center,” maδəma- [adj.] “middle, being in the middle; middling, of a middling size or quality,” maiδim “in the midst of,” cf. Skt. mádhya- “middle, located in the middle;” O.H.G. mitti “located in the middle.”
2) From miyân + suffix -i.