majdan
Hungarian
Etymology
majd + -an
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɒjdɒn]
- Hyphenation: maj‧dan
- Rhymes: -ɒn
Adverb
majdan (not comparable)
- (dated, literary) some day, some time (in a distant future)
- Antonym: (in the distant past) hajdan
Derived terms
- majdani
Further reading
- majdan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish معدن (ma'den), from Arabic مَعْدِ (maʿdi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaj.dan/
- Rhymes: -ajdan
- Syllabification: maj‧dan
Noun
majdan m inan
- (colloquial) clobber (clothing; equipment)
- (historical) yard (enclosed area for a specific purpose)
- Synonym: plac
Declension
Declension of majdan
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | majdan | majdany |
| genitive | majdana/majdanu | majdanów |
| dative | majdanowi | majdanom |
| accusative | majdan | majdany |
| instrumental | majdanem | majdanami |
| locative | majdanie | majdanach |
| vocative | majdanie | majdany |
Further reading
- majdan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- majdan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish معدن (ma'den), from Arabic مَعْدِن (maʿdin, “mine”).
Noun
majdan m (Cyrillic spelling мајдан)
- (regional) mine
- (regional) pit