میدانی

Persian

Etymology

From میدان (meydân) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maj.dɑː.ˈniː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäj.d̪ɑː.níː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäj.d̪ɑː.níː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäj.d̪ɑː.níː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäj.d̪ɔː.ní]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mejd̪ɒː.níː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäj.d̪ɔ.ní]

Readings
Classical reading?	maydānī
Dari reading?	maydānī
Iranian reading?	meydâni
Tajik reading?	maydoni

Adjective

میدانی • (meydâni)

1. relating to a square or plaza
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 90:

     بچوگان سر زلف سری دارم ولی کز عشق
     چه داند قدر سربازی من آن ترک میدانی

     ba-čawgān-i sar-i zulf sarē dāram walē k-az išq
     či dānad qadr-i sarbāzī-yi man ān turk-i maydānī

     Out of love, my head is [a ball] for the polo stick of [the beloved's] tresses, and yet
     How shall that Turk on the [polo] field know the worth of my courage [lit. gambling my head]?

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “میدانی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press