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From {{etyl|fa|uk}} {{term|میدان|tr=meydân|lang=fa}}, ultimately from {{etyl| |
From {{etyl|fa|uk}} {{term|میدان|tr=meydân|lang=fa}} meaning "town-square or central place of gathering", from {{etyl|pal|fa}} {{term||maydʾn'|tr=middle, center|lang=pal}}, ultimately from {{etyl|ine-pro|fa}} {{term/t|ine-pro|*médʰyos}}. Compare Avestan {{term|𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬀|tr=maiδya|lang=ae}}, Sanskrit {{term|मध्य|tr=madhya|lang=sa|sc=Deva}}, Latin {{term|medius|lang=la}}. |
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Revision as of 08:24, 31 March 2014
English
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian (deprecated template usage) میدان (meydân) meaning "town-square or central place of gathering", from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian (deprecated template usage) maydʾn' (middle, center), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:term/t. Compare Avestan (deprecated template usage) 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬀 (maiδya), Sanskrit (deprecated template usage) मध्य (madhya), Latin (deprecated template usage) medius.
Noun
maidan (plural maidans)
- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Alternative spelling of meidan An urban open space.
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) Майда́н Незале́жності (Majdán Nezaléžnosti) in Kiev, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ukrainian (deprecated template usage) майда́н (majdán).
Noun
Maidan (plural Maidans or maidans)
- Independence Square, the main city square in Kiev, Ukraine.
- The Orange Revolution protests that took place there in 2004–05.
- Other such protests in Ukraine.
Related terms
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see [[Citations:maidan#Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL.|Citations:maidan]].