میدان

See also: ميدان‎

Persian

میدان

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /majˈdɑːn/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /mejˈdɒːn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /majˈdɔn/

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
battlefield; (metonymically) battle
(mathematics, physics) field
‏‎ ― meydân-e mağnâtisi ― magnetic field
(Sufism, uncommon) stage of the mystical path
Synonym: (more common) منزل‎ (manzel)

Descendants

→ Assamese: ময়দান (moyodan)
→ Braj: मैदान (maidān)
→ Middle Bengali: ময়দান (moẏodan)
- Bengali: ময়দান (moẏodan)
→ Dhivehi: މައިޒާން‎ (maizān̊)
→ Dogri: madān
Devanagari script: मदान

Dogra script: 𑠢𑠛𑠬𑠝
→ Gojri: میدان‎ (maidān)
→ Gujarati: મેદાન (medān)
→ Hindustani: maidān
Hindi: मैदान

Urdu: مَیْدَانْ‎
- → English: maidan
- → Tamil: மைதானம் (maitāṉam)
→ Kannada: ಮೈದಾನ (maidāna)
→ Kashmiri: mạ̄dān
Arabic script: مٲدان‎

Devanagari script: मऻदान

Sharada script: 𑆩𑆳𑆢𑆳𑆤𑇀
→ Konkani:
Devanagari script: मैदान (maidān)

Kannada script: ಮಯ್ದಾನ್

Latin script: moidan
→ Maithili: medān
Devanagari script: मॆदान

Tirhuta script: 𑒧𑒺𑒠𑒰𑒢
→ Malayalam: മൈദാനം (maidānaṃ)
→ Malvi: मेदान (medān)
→ Marathi: maidān
Devanagari script: मैदान

Modi script: 𑘦𑘺𑘟𑘰𑘡
→ Marwari:
Devanagari script: मैदान (maidān)

Mahajani script: 𑅬𑅑𑅥𑅧 (midn)
→ Nepali: मैदान (maidān)
→ Ottoman Turkish: میدان‎
- Turkish: meydan
- → Romanian: maidan
→ Oriya: ମଇଦାନ (môidanô)
→ Old Punjabi: ਮੈਦਾਨੁ (maidānu)
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਮੈਦਾਨ (maidān)
  Shahmukhi script: مَیدان‎ (maidān)
→ Sindhi: maidānu
Arabic script: مَيدانُ‎

Devanagari script: मैदानु

Khudawadi script: 𑋗𑋦𑋏𑋠𑋑𑋣
→ Telugu: మైదానము (maidānamu)
→ Ukrainian: майдан (majdan) (via a Turkic language)
Zazaki: meydan

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

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