majjhaṁ

adjective middle, viz

1. of space: of moderate height DN.i.243 (contrasted with ucca & nīca).
2. of; time: of middle age Snp.216 (contrasted with dahara young & thera old).
3. often used adv. in loc.; majjhe in the middle; i.e.
   1. as prep in between, among (-˚ or with gen.) Pv.i.11#1, Pv.i.11#4 Ja.i.207 (sakuṇānaṃ); Dhp-a.i.182 (vasana-gāmassa) Pv-a.11 (parisā˚). majjhe chetvā cutting in half Ja.v.387
   2. in special dogmatic sense “in the present state of existence,” contrasted with past future existences (the latter comb^d as “ubho antā” at Snp.1040). The explⁿ of majjhe in this sense is at Mnd.434: “majjhaṃ vuccati paccuppannā rūpā” etc (similarly at Cnd.490)
      ■ Snp.949 (in sequence pubbe majjhe pacchā), Snp.1099 (id.); Dhp.348 (pure majjhe pacchato; i.e. paccuppannesu khandhesu Dhp-a.iv.63)
4. (nt.) majjhaṃ the middle Dhp-a.i.184 (tassa uramajjhaṃ ghaṃsentī).

Vedic madhya, cp. Lat. medius, Gr. μέσσος, Goth. midjis = Ohg. mitti, E. middle