ميدان

Meaning

1. square (open space in a city)
2. battlefield
3. field, sphere (e.g. of study)

Concepts

square

field

domain

plaza

public square

arena

town square

circus

piazza

Synonyms

مجال

حقل

سيرك

حلبة

ملعب

السّيرك

Translations

Platz

place

piazza

plaza

plaça

πλατεία

praça

meydan

plein

alan

champs

terrain

de campagne

Zirkus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maj.daːn/

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; ultimately from Proto-Iranian *mádyanah (“middle”, noun), from *mádyah (“middle”, adjective) + *-nah (nominal suffix). Compare Middle Persian mdyʾn' (*mayān, “middle; among, between”), whence Persian میان (miyân)), Parthian mdyʾn (*maẟyān, “among, amid, between”), Sogdian [script needed] (myẟʾn /⁠*mēẟan⁠/, “middle”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬥𐬀 (maⁱδiiāna, “middle”).