майданъ

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic language, probably from Crimean Tatar meydan or Ottoman Turkish میدان (meydan), further borrowed from Persian میدان (meydân), borrowed from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān), borrowed from Old Persian *madyānaʰ, from Proto-Iranian *madyānah, from *mádyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰyas, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos. Doublet of межа́. Cognate with Russian майда́н (majdán) (from Middle Russian маида́нъ (maidán)). First attested in the early 1600s.

Noun

майда́нъ (transliteration needed) m inan

  1. public square
  2. a place to make or store something

Derived terms

  • Майда́нъ (Old Ukrainian surname)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: майда́н (majdán)
  • Rusyn: майда́н (majdán)
  • Ukrainian: майда́н (majdán)

Further reading

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