maidan

Meaning

A marketplace or other open space in or by a city or town; an esplanade.

Synonyms

field

parade-ground

Translations

alan

meydan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maɪˈdɑːn/

Etymology

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬀

Cognate with Sanskrit: मध्य

Cognate with Latin: medius

In summary

From Hindustani میدان (medān) / मैदान (maidān), and its source, Persian میدان (meydân, maydān, “town-square or central place of gathering”), from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān), itself an Iranian borrowing (see the Arabic entry for more), from Proto-Iranian *madyānah, from *mádyah (“middle”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰyas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos. Compare Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬀 (maⁱδiia), Sanskrit मध्य (madhya), Latin medius.