Where does “মাদান” come from?
মাদান (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit मध्याह्न, from Sanskrit मध्य, from Proto-Indo-European *mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi-, from Proto-Indo-European me — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.
মাদান (Bengali): midday, noon
Definitions
- midday, noon
Ancestry of “মাদান”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | मध्याह्न | midday, noon; name of a pupil of शंकराचार्य |
| 2 | Sanskrit | मध्य | middle; central; centre, middle |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *mádʰyas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | mádʰyas | middle |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |