mejdan

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛjdan]

mejdan m inan

1. party (social gathering for fun)

   Synonyms: večírek, párty

• mejdan in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• mejdan in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• mègdān

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish میدان‎ (Turkish meydan), from Persian میدان‎ (meydân), from Arabic مَيْدَان‎ (maydān). Compare mègdān.

• IPA^(key): /mějdaːn/
• Hyphenation: mej‧dan

mèjdān m (Cyrillic spelling мѐјда̄н)

1. a larger empty area in a city, usually of Oriental type; square, field
2. (metonymically) cattle fair or exhibition
3. (figuratively) public exposition of something
4. 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...