Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "tsakiya" ita ce kawo wani abu ƙarƙashin hukuma ɗaya ta tsakiya, sarrafawa ko wuri, sau da yawa don manufar haɓaka aiki, daidaitawa, ko daidaitawa. Yana iya nufin ƙarfafa iko, yanke shawara ko albarkatu, ko don haɗa tarwatsawa ko sassa daban-daban zuwa cikakkiyar haɗin kai. Gabaɗaya, haɗa wani abu ya haɗa da rage sarƙaƙƙiyarsa da haɓaka haɗin kai ta hanyar mai da shi daidai kuma a tsara shi ta hanyar tsakiya ko ka'ida.