ميدان

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Arabic

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; ultimately from Proto-Iranian *mádyanah (“middle”, noun), from *mádyah (“middle”, adjective) +‎ *-nah (nominal suffix). Compare Middle Persian mdyʾn' (*mayān, “middle; among, between”), whence Persian میان (miyân)), Parthian mdyʾn (*maẟyān, “among, amid, between”), Sogdian (myẟʾn /⁠*mēẟan⁠/, “middle”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬥𐬀 (maiδiiāna, “middle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

مَيْدَان • (maydān) m (plural مَيَادِين (mayādīn))

  1. square (open space in a city)
  2. battlefield
  3. field, sphere (e.g. of study)
    Synonym: مَجال (majāl)

Declension

Declension of noun مَيْدَان (maydān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَيْدَان
maydān 		الْمَيْدَان
al-maydān 		مَيْدَان
maydān
Nominative مَيْدَانٌ
maydānun 		الْمَيْدَانُ
al-maydānu 		مَيْدَانُ
maydānu
Accusative مَيْدَانًا
maydānan 		الْمَيْدَانَ
al-maydāna 		مَيْدَانَ
maydāna
Genitive مَيْدَانٍ
maydānin 		الْمَيْدَانِ
al-maydāni 		مَيْدَانِ
maydāni
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَيْدَانَيْن
maydānayn 		الْمَيْدَانَيْن
al-maydānayn 		مَيْدَانَيْ
maydānay
Nominative مَيْدَانَانِ
maydānāni 		الْمَيْدَانَانِ
al-maydānāni 		مَيْدَانَا
maydānā
Accusative مَيْدَانَيْنِ
maydānayni 		الْمَيْدَانَيْنِ
al-maydānayni 		مَيْدَانَيْ
maydānay
Genitive مَيْدَانَيْنِ
maydānayni 		الْمَيْدَانَيْنِ
al-maydānayni 		مَيْدَانَيْ
maydānay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَيَادِين
mayādīn 		الْمَيَادِين
al-mayādīn 		مَيَادِين
mayādīn
Nominative مَيَادِينُ
mayādīnu 		الْمَيَادِينُ
al-mayādīnu 		مَيَادِينُ
mayādīnu
Accusative مَيَادِينَ
mayādīna 		الْمَيَادِينَ
al-mayādīna 		مَيَادِينَ
mayādīna
Genitive مَيَادِينَ
mayādīna 		الْمَيَادِينِ
al-mayādīni 		مَيَادِينِ
mayādīni

Descendants

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “meydan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 108b
  • Поленаковиќ, Харалампие (2007) “1110. Migdáne”, in Зузана Тополињска, Петар Атанасов, editors, Турските елементи во ароманскиот [Turskite elementi vo aromanskiot]‎, put into Macedonian from the author’s Serbo-Croatian Turski elementi u aromunskom dijalektu (1939, unpublished) by Веселинка Лаброска, Скопје: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите [Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite], →ISBN, page 156

South Levantine Arabic

ميدان التحرير في القاهرة ― Tahrir Square in Cairo

Etymology 1

From Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miː.daːn/, ,
  • Audio (Amman):(file)

Noun

ميدان • (mīdān) m (plural ميادين (mayādīn))

  1. square, plaza

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān).

Noun

ميدان • (maydān) m (plural ميادين (mayādīn))

  1. (formal) square, plaza
  2. field, sphere, arena (abstract sense)
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