māday מָדַי ‘Media’ (Aramaic)

Etymology^?: corresponding to māday מָדַי ‘Media’
Roots: מדי

māday pr n loc + pr n loc gen
Medes = "middle land"
n pr m
1) the territory inhabited by the Medes
 2a) 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