mejdan
Czech
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish میدان (meydan, “square, plaza”), from Classical Persian مَیدَان (maydān, “field, plain, square”). Compare Serbo-Croatian mejdan.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmejdan m inan
Declension
editFurther reading
editSerbo-Croatian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish میدان (Turkish meydan), from Persian میدان (meydân), from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān). Compare mègdān.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmèjdān m (Cyrillic spelling мѐјда̄н)
- a larger empty area in a city, usually of Oriental type; square, field
- (metonymically) cattle fair or exhibition
- (figuratively) public exposition of something
- Alternative form of mègdān
- 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:
- 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:
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