{"def":{"lit":"middle land","short":"Madai, a country of central Asia","long":["(n pr m) a people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabited the territory of Media","(n pr loc) land inhabited by the descendants of Japheth; 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"]},"deriv":"of foreign derivation","pronun":{"ipa":"mɔːˈd̪ɑi̯","ipa_mod":"mɑːˈdɑi̯","sbl":"māday","dic":"maw-DAI","dic_mod":"ma-DAI"}}