میدان

See also: ميدان‎

Persian

میدان

Etymology

From Arabic مَيْدَان‎ (maydān), itself an Iranian borrowing. Doublet of ‎ (miyân).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /majdɑːn/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /majdɒːn/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /mejdɒːn/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /majdɔːn/

Noun

Iranian Persian	میدان
Dari	میدان
Tajik	майдон (maydon)

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

plaza, square (of a town etc.)
‏‎ ― Meydân-e Âzâdi ― Azadi Square
field, plain

Descendants

→ Assamese: ময়দান (moyodan)
→ Braj: मैदान (maidān)
→ Middle Bengali: ময়দান (maẏadāna)
- Bengali: ময়দান (môyôdan)
→ Dhivehi: މައިޒާން‎ (maizān̊)
→ Dogri: madān
Devanagari: मदान
Dogra: 𑠢𑠛𑠬𑠝
→ Gojri: میدان‎ (maidān)
→ Gujarati: મેદાન (medān)
→ Hindustani: maidān
Hindi: मैदान
Urdu: مَیْدَانْ‎
- → English: maidan
- → Tamil: மைதானம் (maitāṉam)
→ Kannada: ಮೈದಾನ (maidāna)
→ Kashmiri: mạ̄dān
Arabic: مٲدان‎
Devanagari: मऻदान
Sharada: 𑆩𑆳𑆢𑆳𑆤𑇀
→ Konkani:
Devanagari: मैदान (maidān)
Kannada: ಮಯ್ದಾನ್
Latin: moidan
→ Maithili: medān
Devanagari: मॆदान
Tirhuta: 𑒧𑒺𑒠𑒰𑒢
→ Malayalam: മൈദാനം (maidānaṃ)
→ Malvi: मेदान (medān)
→ Marathi: maidān
Devanagari: मैदान
Modi: 𑘦𑘺𑘟𑘰𑘡
→ Marwari:
Devanagari: मैदान (maidān)
Mahajani: 𑅬𑅑𑅥𑅧 (midn)
→ Nepali: मैदान (maidān)
→ Ottoman Turkish: میدان‎
- Turkish: meydan
- → Romanian: maidan
→ Oriya: ମଇଦାନ (môidanô)
→ Old Punjabi: ਮੈਦਾਨੁ (maidānu)
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi: ਮੈਦਾਨ (maidān)
  Shahmukhi: مَیدان‎‎‎ (maidān‎‎)
→ Sindhi: maidānu
Arabic: مَيدانُ‎
Devanagari: मैदानु
Khudawadi: 𑋗𑋦𑋏𑋠𑋑𑋣
→ Telugu: మైదానము (maidānamu)
→ Ukrainian: майдан (majdan) (via a Turkic language)

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