Middle in different languages

Middle in Different Languages

Discover 'Middle' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.

Updated on March 6, 2024

The word

Middle


Middle in Sub-Saharan African Languages

Afrikaansmiddel
The word 'middel' in Afrikaans is derived from the Dutch word 'midden', which originally meant 'in the midst' or 'among'. In English, 'middel' is cognate with 'midst' and 'middle'.
Amharicመካከለኛ
Hausatsakiya
"Tsakiya" originally meant "noon", from the root "tsaka" meaning "to be high" or "to be at the zenith", and was later extended to mean "middle" in a broader sense.
Igboetiti
The Igbo word 'etiti' can mean the point between the two ends of a line and, metaphorically, a person who serves as an intermediary.
Malagasymoyen-
The Malagasy word "moyen" can also derive from Old French, where it means "moderate" or "sufficient".
Nyanja (Chichewa)pakati
The word "pakati" in Nyanja also means "between" and "among".
Shonapakati
Pakati may also refer to an axis around which something rotates.
Somalidhexe
Its literal meaning is 'half' or 'the one that divides,' reflecting its function as a dividing point.
Sesothobohareng
The word "bohareng" in Sesotho is also used to refer to the center of something, such as a circle or a group of people.
Swahilikatikati
In Swahili, the word "katikati" can also mean "in between" or "amongst".
Xhosaphakathi
The word "phakathi" in Xhosa can also be used to refer to the "inside" of something.
Yorubaagbedemeji
"Agbedemeji" in Yoruba also refers to the "waist" or "navel".
Zulumaphakathi
Maphakathi also refers to a mediator in conflict resolutions or a go-between in a relationship
Bambaracɛmancɛ
Ewetitina
Kinyarwandahagati
Lingalakatikati
Lugandamumassekkati
Sepedibogareng
Twi (Akan)mfimfini

Middle in North African & Middle Eastern Languages

Arabicوسط
In Arabic, "وسط" (middle) is also used as a measure of density, with a heavy density being "كثيف الوسط" and a light density being "خفيف الوسط".
Hebrewאֶמצַע
The Hebrew word "אֶמצַע" has alternate meanings, such as "midst" or "inner part"
Pashtoوچ
The word "وچ" in Pashto also means "within" or "in the middle of" something.
Arabicوسط
In Arabic, "وسط" (middle) is also used as a measure of density, with a heavy density being "كثيف الوسط" and a light density being "خفيف الوسط".

Middle in Western European Languages

Albaniane mesme
The Albanian word "e mesme" is also used to refer to a person of intermediate age or status.
Basqueerdikoa
Erdikoa (middle in Basque) comes from the word "erdia" (half), and can also mean "halfway" or "in the middle."
Catalanmig
Mig in Catalan derives from the Latin "medius" meaning "middle", but it can also refer to a "waist" or "middle point".
Croatiansrednji
In addition to its primary meaning of 'middle', 'srednji' can also mean 'average' or 'moderate' in Croatian.
Danishmidt
The word "midt" is etymologically related to the English word "mid" and the German word "mitte".
Dutchmidden-
The archaic suffix 'midden-' can also mean 'centre' or 'half'.
Englishmiddle
The word 'middle' comes from the Old English word 'middel', which could also mean 'waist' or 'centre'
Frenchmilieu
In French, »milieu« can also mean the social or environmental context in which someone lives.
Frisianmidden
The Frisian word "midden" also means "garbage heap" and is related to the English word "midden" with the same meaning.
Galicianmedio
In Galician, "medio" can also mean "half" or "waist."
Germanmitte
The word 'Mitte' is also used in German geography to indicate the central part of a city or town.
Icelandicmiðja
In addition to its literal meaning of "middle", "miðja" is also used in Icelandic to refer to the part of the back below the neck, and in the phrase "miðja úti" meaning "right in the middle of something"
Irishlár
The Irish word 'lár' also denotes the centre of an assembly or group, as opposed to a physical middle point.
Italianmezzo
"Mezzo" can also mean "half" or "medium" in Italian.
Luxembourgishmëtt
The Luxembourgish word "Mëtt" is also used to refer to a type of cured pork sausage or ham.
Maltesenofs
'Nofs' comes from the Arabic 'nufs' or half, which originally meant 'essence' (of a person)
Norwegianmidten
The word "midten" can also mean "the center" or "the middle of something".
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)meio
Meio is also an adverb meaning halfway or an adjective meaning middling.
Scots Gaelicmeadhan
The word meadhan also shares its root with various other terms denoting centrality, such as meadhachainn "mediator" and meadhonair "interceder" and meadhonach, the Gaelic name for the town now known as Denny.
Spanishmedio
The Spanish word "medio" can also mean half or environment.
Swedishmitten
The first part of "mitten" is related to "mud" and the latter part to an old word for "glove". Hence, a mitten literally means a "mud glove".
Welshcanol
Old Welsh 'canawl' means 'pipe' or 'groove', a sense which survives in the compound 'canolffos' ('gutter')

Middle in Eastern European Languages

Belarusianсярэдні
The word "сярэдні" comes from the Old Belarusian word "среда", which means "heart", or "core".
Bosniansrednji
The word 'srednji' is etymologically related to the Proto-Indo-European root *medhyo-, which also gave rise to the English word 'mid'.
Bulgarianсредна
The word 'средна' has a variety of meanings in Bulgarian, ranging from 'average' to 'central' and 'neutral'.
Czechstřední
The word "střední" can also mean "secondary" or "intermediate".
Estoniankeskel
The word "keskel" derives from the Proto-Finnic word "keski", which referred to a midpoint or a central point.
Finnishkeskellä
"Keskellä" can also mean "among" or "amidst".
Hungarianközépső
The word "középső" can also refer to the middle child in a family, or to an intermediate or average value.
Latvianvidū
The word "vidū" can also refer to the waist, midpoint, or center of something.
Lithuanianviduryje
Related words: viduris (intestines, stomach), vidinis, vidurybė.
Macedonianсреден
The word "среден" in Macedonian can also mean "intermediate" or "average".
Polishśrodkowy
The Polish word "środkowy" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *sъredъ, which also meant "heart" and "core".
Romanianmijloc
In Romanian, the word "mijloc" also means "way" or "means".
Russianсредний
The word "средний" also means "average" or "mediocre".
Serbianсредњи
The word "средњи" can also mean "average" or "intermediate".
Slovakstredný
The word "stredný" is also used to describe something that is located in the middle of a group or series, or that is of average quality.
Sloveniansrednji
"Srednji" is also used to describe the middle class or the middle ages.
Ukrainianсередній
The word “середній” can also mean average, normal or usual in Ukrainian.

Middle in South Asian Languages

Bengaliমধ্যম
The Bengali word "মধ্যম" can also mean "medium", "fair", or "moderate".
Gujaratiમધ્ય
In Hindi, 'madhya' can also refer to the waist or trunk of the human body.
Hindiमध्य
The word "मध्य" can also refer to "a point on the equator of a celestial sphere" or a "part, section, or chapter of a book."
Kannadaಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ
The word "ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ" can also refer to "waist" or the "middle of a river" in Kannada.
Malayalamമധ്യത്തിൽ
The word "മധ്യത്തിൽ" also means "in the center" or "in the middle of" in Malayalam.
Marathiमध्यम
The word "मध्यम" in Marathi can also mean "neutral" or "moderate".
Nepaliमध्य
The word "मध्य" also has meanings including "midst", "centre", and "central part".
Punjabiਮੱਧ
In Punjabi, the word "ਮੱਧ" can also mean a group or assembly.
Sinhala (Sinhalese)මැද
The word "මැද" has ancient Indo-Aryan roots, and is found in all three modern Indo-Aryan languages of Sri Lanka, Sinhala, Tamil, and Malayalam. While in Sinhala it has the same meaning as in Sanskrit, "madhya", meaning "middle," in Tamil, "maṯiyal," it denotes "heart" and "mind," and in Malayalam, "maṯyam," it signifies "a fish."
Tamilநடுத்தர
நடுத்தர is also a Tamil word used to describe people or things that represent the average or mainstream.
Teluguమధ్య
The word "మధ్య" can also mean "among" or "between".
Urduوسط
The word وسط (middle) in Urdu can also mean the center of something, or the waist of a person.

Middle in East Asian Languages

Chinese (Simplified)中间
中间 can also mean "mediator" or "middleman", derived from its original meaning of "being in the center".
Chinese (Traditional)中間
中間 also refers to the intermediate stage or state of something.
Japanese中間
Although the literal translation of 「中間」 is "middle", it can also refer to an "interim", "moderate", or even a "middleman".
Korean가운데
"가운데" originates from "가두(between/intercalation):우(in)데" (the place intercalated in), and also means the spine (literally, the bone in the middle [of one's body])."
Mongolianдунд
The word "дунд" also means "center" or "middle ground" in Mongolian.
Myanmar (Burmese)အလယ်တန်း
အလယ်တန်း also refers to a stage in the Burmese education system typically corresponding to grades 5 to 9, which is roughly equivalent to middle school in the United States.

Middle in South East Asian Languages

Indonesiantengah
"Tengah" also refers to the time of sunrise or dusk, reflecting the time when the sun reaches the middle point in the sky.
Javanesetengah
"Tengah" also means "to be in the middle of something", and is often used to describe a person who is mediating a dispute.
Khmerកណ្តាល
The Khmer word "កណ្តាល" originally meant "to split" or "to divide."
Laoກາງ
ກາງ can also be the word of origin for a family name and used to indicate an average point in a scale.
Malaytengah
The word tengah can also refer to the waist, which is the central part of the body.
Thaiกลาง
The word "กลาง" can also mean "neutral" or "impartial".
Vietnameseở giữa
'Ở giữa' also refers to a location or group that is neither on the edge nor at the center.
Filipino (Tagalog)gitna

Middle in Central Asian Languages

Azerbaijaniorta
Orta can also mean "average" or "ordinary" in Azeri.
Kazakhортаңғы
The word "ортаңғы" also means "average" or "medium" in Kazakh.
Kyrgyzортоңку
The word "ортоңку" derives from Proto-Turkic and ultimately derives from Proto-Uralic *ortə "middle". It is still found in many Turkic languages and Uralic languages, such as Mongolian and Finnish.
Tajikмиёна
The word "миёна" (middle) can also mean "waist" or "between" in Tajik.
Turkmenortasy
Uzbeko'rta
The word "o'rta" can also refer to the equator, the waist, or a median value.
Uyghurئوتتۇرى

Middle in Pacific Languages

Hawaiianwaena
Waena may also mean "center, hub, or middle of the body" in Hawaiian.
Maoriwaenga
Waenga also denotes the space between people, physical objects, or abstract concepts such as time or knowledge.
Samoanogatotonu
The word 'ogatotonu' can also refer to a medium-sized piece of something, such as a piece of fruit or a piece of meat.
Tagalog (Filipino)gitna
"Gitna" shares the same root as the word "tigilan", meaning a place where one stops or remains.

Middle in American Indigenous Languages

Aymarachika
Guaranimbyte

Middle in International Languages

Esperantomeza
The word 'meza' also means 'average' or 'moderate' in Esperanto.
Latinmedium
In Latin, "medium" also denotes an arbitrator or intermediary, linking its literal meaning of "middle" to its figurative sense of connection.

Middle in Others Languages

Greekμέση
Originally, the word 'μέση' (middle) signified the waist or belly and referred to the middle part of the body.
Hmongnruab nrab
Nruab nrab is also the central section of the house where people sleep.
Kurdishnavîn
The word "navîn" in Kurdish can also refer to the act of changing or renewing something.
Turkishorta
"Orta" can come from Arabic (وسطة; wasta) for "middle"}
Xhosaphakathi
The word "phakathi" in Xhosa can also be used to refer to the "inside" of something.
Yiddishמיטן
The Yiddish word "מיטן" can also refer to a meeting or an assembly.
Zulumaphakathi
Maphakathi also refers to a mediator in conflict resolutions or a go-between in a relationship
Assameseমাজ
Aymarachika
Bhojpuriमध्य
Dhivehiމެދު
Dogriबश्कार
Filipino (Tagalog)gitna
Guaranimbyte
Ilocanotengnga
Kriomidul
Kurdish (Sorani)ناوەڕاست
Maithiliमध्य
Meiteilon (Manipuri)ꯃꯌꯥꯏ
Mizolai
Oromogidduu
Odia (Oriya)ମ middle ି
Quechuachawpi
Sanskritमध्यं
Tatarурта
Tigrinyaማእኸል
Tsongaxikarhi

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