Majjhima (adj.) [Vedic madhyama, with sound change ˚ama>˚ima after Geiger, P.Gr. 191, or after analogy with pacchima, with which often contrasted] 1. middle, medium, mediocre, secondary, moderate. -- Applied almost exclusively in contrast pairs with terms of more or less, in triplets like "small -- medium -- big," or "first -- middle -- last" (cp. majjha 3b); viz. (a) of degree: hīna -- m -- paṇīta D iii.215 (tisso dhātuyo); Dhs 1205<-> 1027 (dhammā); Vism 11 (sīlaŋ); h. m. ukkaṭṭha Vism 308; omaka m. ukkaṭṭha Vin iv.243; khuddaka m. mahā Vism 100; lāmaka m. paṇīta (i. e. lokuttara) DhsA 45 (dhammā);paritta -- m -- uḷāra Sdhp 260. <-> (b) of time: paṭhame yāme majjhima˚ pacchima˚ J i.75; id. with vaye PvA 5. -- 2. (nt.) majjhimaŋ the waist, in cpd. su -- majjhimā (f.) a woman with beautiful waist J v.4.