mādī, mādāʾā מָדִי, מָדָאָה ‘Mede’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
patronymic from māday מָדַי ‘Media’
Roots:
מדי
mādī, mādāʾā pr n loc gen
Mede = "middle land"
1) an inhabitant of Media
1a) located northwest of Persia proper, south and southwest of the Caspian Sea, east of Armenia and Assyria, and west and northwest of the great salt desert of Iram