Maidan is an originally
Persian word for a
town square or public
gathering place (Persian: میدان), adopted by various other languages:
Urduمیدان (maidān);
Arabicمَيْدَان (maydān);
Turkishmeydan;
Bangla ময়দান, meaning field, and
Crimean Tatar, from which
Ukrainian also borrowed maidan.[1] Its ultimate source is
Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos - compare
Avestanmaiδya,
Sanskritमध्य (madhya) and Latin medius. Various versions include maydan, midan, meydan, majdan, mayadeen and maydān. It also means field (मैदान) in Hindi.[2] It became a loanword in other
South Asian languages to give similar means, such as in
Tamil in which the word is maidhanam.
The broad geographical footprint of the use of Maidan in
toponymy, from Central Europe to South-East Asia, is a reflection of the Turkish rule in these areas.[citation needed]
This
article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names). If an
internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Maidan is an originally
Persian word for a
town square or public
gathering place (Persian: میدان), adopted by various other languages:
Urduمیدان (maidān);
Arabicمَيْدَان (maydān);
Turkishmeydan;
Bangla ময়দান, meaning field, and
Crimean Tatar, from which
Ukrainian also borrowed maidan.[1] Its ultimate source is
Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos - compare
Avestanmaiδya,
Sanskritमध्य (madhya) and Latin medius. Various versions include maydan, midan, meydan, majdan, mayadeen and maydān. It also means field (मैदान) in Hindi.[2] It became a loanword in other
South Asian languages to give similar means, such as in
Tamil in which the word is maidhanam.
The broad geographical footprint of the use of Maidan in
toponymy, from Central Europe to South-East Asia, is a reflection of the Turkish rule in these areas.[citation needed]
This
article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names). If an
internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.