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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish میدان (meydan, “square, plaza”), from Classical Persian مَیدَان (maydān, “field, plain, square”). Compare Serbo-Croatian mejdan.
Pronunciation
Noun
mejdan m inan
- party (social gathering for fun)
- Synonyms: večírek, párty
Declension
Declension of mejdan (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “mejdan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “mejdan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “mejdan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish میدان (Turkish meydan), from Persian میدان (meydân), from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān). Compare mègdān.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mějdaːn/
- Hyphenation: mej‧dan
Noun
mèjdān m (Cyrillic spelling мѐјда̄н)
- a larger empty area in a city, usually of Oriental type; square, field
- (metonymically) cattle fair or exhibition
- (figuratively) public exposition of something
- Alternative form of mègdān
- 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:
...nije vojska od mejdana, / već sve stare hodže i hadžije,...- ...it is not an army of battle, / but rather all old hodjas and hajjis...