# मध्यम
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मध्यम (madhyama).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /məd̪ʱ.jəm/, [mɐd̪ʱ.jɐ̃m]

### Adjective

मध्यम • (madhyam) (Urdu spelling مدھیم)
* middle
* medium, moderate, intermediate
* mediocre

### Noun

मध्यम • (madhyam) m (Urdu spelling مدھیم)
* the middle
    मध्यम के ― madhyam ke ― of middle [mediocre]
* Synonym of मध्यदेश (madhyadeś)
* (Indian Classical Music) the fourth (middle) note of the Indian solfege, denoted म (ma)

#### Derived terms

* के मध्यम (ke madhyam)
* मध्यमवर्ग (madhyamvarg)

#### Related terms

* मध्यमक (madhyamak)
* मध्यमगति (madhyamagti)
* मध्यमग्राम (madhyamagrām)
* मध्यमपुरुष (madhyampuruṣ)
* मध्यमलोक (madhyamlok)
* मध्यमशी (madhyamśī)
* मध्यमस्थ (madhyamasth)
* मध्यमस्वर (madhyamasvar)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मध्यम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मध्यम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মধ্যম (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬥ᭄ᬬᬫ (Balinese script)
* মধ্যম (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰠𑰿𑰧𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀥𑁆𑀬𑀫 (Brahmi script)
* မဓျမ (Burmese script)
* મધ્યમ (Gujarati script)
* ਮਧ੍ਯਮ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌮 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦣꦾꦩ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂡𑂹𑂨𑂧 (Kaithi script)
* ಮಧ್ಯಮ (Kannada script)
* មធ្យម (Khmer script)
* ມຘ຺ຍມ (Lao script)
* മധ്യമ (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠᢡᠶᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘠𑘿𑘧𑘦 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᢑᠾᠶ᠋ᠠᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧀𑧠𑧇𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐢𑑂𑐫𑐩 (Newa script)
* ମଧ୍ଯମ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢤ꣄ꢫꢪ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆣𑇀𑆪𑆩 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖠𑖿𑖧𑖦 (Siddham script)
* මධ්‍යම (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩮 𑪙𑩻𑩴 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚜𑚶𑚣𑚢 (Takri script)
* மத்⁴யம (Tamil script)
* మధ్యమ (Telugu script)
* มธฺยม (Thai script)
* མ་དྷྱ་མ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒡𑓂𑒨𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨜𑩇𑨪𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɐdʱ.jɐ.mɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmɐd̪ʱ.jɐ.mɐ/

### Adjective

मध्यम • (madhyama)
* superlative degree of मध्य (madhya), middlemost
* middle-born (Veṇis.)
* (astronomy) mean (Sūryas.)
* of or relating to the meridian (Sūryas.)

#### Declension
### Noun

मध्यम • (madhyama) stem, m
* a prince whose territory lies between two enemies
* the middle character in plays
* midlands (L.)
* (music) the fourth or fifth note (Saṃgīt.)
* (music) second of the three scales (Saṃgīt.)
* (music) a particular melodic formula (Saṃgīt.)
* (linguistics) the second person (Pāṇ.)
* provincial governor (L.)
* a kind of antelope (L.)
* the eighteenth kalpa (Cat.)
* (Buddhism) a Buddhist sect (Sarvad.)
* a class of gods (ŚāṅkhŚr.)
* waist (MBh., R., etc.)
* middle finger (Kauś., Suśr.)
* midnight (L.)
* pubescent girl (L.)
* lotus seed pod (L.)
* central blossom (W.)
* a kind of meter (L.)

#### Declension
### Noun

मध्यम • (madhyama) stem, n
* middle (APrāt.)
* mediocrity, defectiveness (Śṛṅgār.)
* the twelfth काण्ड (kāṇḍa) of the Shatapatha Brahmana
* (astronomy) meridian elliptical point (Sūryas.)

#### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मध्यम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0782.