میدان

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Ottoman Turkish

میدان

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میدان (meydān, “square, plaza”), from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān, “square”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *mádyanah (“middle”).

Noun

میدان • (meydan) (definite accusative میدانی (meydanı), plural میادین (meyadin))

  1. square, plaza, any open space or park often containing trees, seating and other features

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Further reading

Persian

میدان

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān), itself an Iranian borrowing. Doublet of میان (miyân).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? maydān
Dari reading? maydān
Iranian reading? meydân
Tajik reading? maydon
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari میدان
Iranian Persian
Tajik майдон

میدان • (meydân) (plural میدان‌ها (meydân-hâ))

  1. plaza, square (of a town etc.)
    میدان آزادی ― meydân-e âzâdi ― Azadi Square
  2. field, plain
  3. battlefield; (metonymically) battle
  4. (mathematics, physics) field
    میدان مغناطیسی ― meydân-e mağnâtisi ― magnetic field
  5. (Sufism, uncommon) stage of the mystical path
    Synonym: (more common) منزل (manzel)

Descendants

References

  • Durkin, Philip (2004) “Loanword etymologies in the third edition of the OED: Some questions of classification”, in Christian J. Kay, Simon Horobin, Jeremy J. Smith, editors, New Perspectives on English Historical Linguistics: Selected papers from 12 ICEHL, Glasgow, 21–26 August 2002. Volume II: Lexis and Transmission (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory; 252), John Benjamins, →ISBN, page 83

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میدان (maydān), from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān).

Pronunciation

Noun

مَیدان • (maidān) m (Hindi spelling मैदान)

  1. ground, field, arena
  2. battleground
  3. maidan, plains

Declension

    Declension of میدان
singular plural
direct مَیدان (maidān) مَیدان (maidān)
oblique مَیدان (maidān) مَیدانوں (maidānõ)
vocative مَیدان (maidān) مَیدانو (maidāno)

Further reading

  • “میدان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “میدان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “میدان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “میدان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “میدان”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “میدان”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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