میدان

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See also: ميدان

Persian

میدان

Etymology

From Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān), itself an Iranian borrowing, see it for further information. Doublet میان (miyân).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Dari میدان
Iranian Persian
Tajik майдон

میدان (meydân) (plural میدان‌ها (meydân-hâ))

  1. plaza, square (of a town etc.)
    میدان آزادیMeydân-e ÂzâdiAzadi Square
  2. field, plain

References

  • Durkin, Philip (2004) “Loanword etymologies in the third edition of the OED: Some questions of classification”, in Christian J. Kay, Simon Horobin, Jeremy J. Smith, editors, New Perspectives on English Historical Linguistics: Selected papers from 12 ICEHL, Glasgow, 21–26 August 2002. Volume II: Lexis and Transmission (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory; 252), John Benjamins, →ISBN, page 83