"Miah" meaning in English

See Miah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Anglicized from Bengali মিঞা (mĩa /⁠mĩa⁠/), itself borrowed from Classical Persian میان (miyān). Doublet of Miya. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|bn|মিঞা|ts=mĩa}} Bengali মিঞা (mĩa /⁠mĩa⁠/), {{der|en|fa-cls|میان|tr=miyān}} Classical Persian میان (miyān), {{doublet|en|Miya}} Doublet of Miya Head templates: {{en-prop}} Miah
  1. A South Asian honorific for a Muslim man.
    Sense id: en-Miah-en-name-JjDcu0Yq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 16 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 29 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 24 32
  2. A surname
    Sense id: en-Miah-en-name-iong5iVh Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 16 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 29 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Modern usage, probably a variant of Mia. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Miah
  1. A female given name.
    Sense id: en-Miah-en-name-b1svBRzJ Categories (other): English female given names, English given names, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 16 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 29 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bn",
        "3": "মিঞা",
        "ts": "mĩa"
      },
      "expansion": "Bengali মিঞা (mĩa /⁠mĩa⁠/)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "میان",
        "tr": "miyān"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian میان (miyān)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Miya"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Miya",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Anglicized from Bengali মিঞা (mĩa /⁠mĩa⁠/), itself borrowed from Classical Persian میان (miyān). Doublet of Miya.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Miah",
      "name": "en-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 16 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 29 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 24 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A South Asian honorific for a Muslim man."
      ],
      "id": "en-Miah-en-name-JjDcu0Yq"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 16 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 29 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname"
      ],
      "id": "en-Miah-en-name-iong5iVh",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Miah"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Modern usage, probably a variant of Mia.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Miah",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English female given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 16 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 29 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name."
      ],
      "id": "en-Miah-en-name-b1svBRzJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Miah"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English surnames from Bengali",
    "English terms borrowed from Bengali",
    "English terms derived from Bengali",
    "English terms derived from Classical Persian",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bn",
        "3": "মিঞা",
        "ts": "mĩa"
      },
      "expansion": "Bengali মিঞা (mĩa /⁠mĩa⁠/)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "میان",
        "tr": "miyān"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian میان (miyān)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Miya"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Miya",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Anglicized from Bengali মিঞা (mĩa /⁠mĩa⁠/), itself borrowed from Classical Persian میان (miyān). Doublet of Miya.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Miah",
      "name": "en-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A South Asian honorific for a Muslim man."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Miah"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English surnames from Bengali",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Modern usage, probably a variant of Mia.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Miah",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English female given names",
        "English given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Miah"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Miah meaning in English (1.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-20 using wiktextract (cdfa371 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.