Definitions For Maidan

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From /, and its source, , from , itself an borrowing (see the Arabic entry for more), ultimately from . Compare , , .

Pronunciation

(UK) /maɪˈdɑːn/, /ˈmaɪdɑːn/ (US) /maɪˈdɑn/

Noun

MAIDAN (plural MAIDANs) (chiefly, South Asia) A marketplace or other open space in or by a city or town; an esplanade. from 16th c.

Alternative forms

meidan

Translations

Hindi: मैदान Spanish: meidán, m Urdu: میدان (maidān)

References

Etymology 2

From , Майда́н Незале́жності, Independence Square in kiev, from майда́н, , square, from میدان, tr=meydân, from the same Persian source as #etymology 1, above.

Alternative forms

Maydan

Noun

MAIDAN (plural maidans, maidans) Independence Square, the main city square in Kiev, Ukraine. from 1993 The protests that took place in Kiev’s Maidan in 2004–05; the protests of 2013–14; the protest movement associated with the .

Related terms

anti-maidan, antiMaidan AutoMaidan Euromaidan, EuroMaidan

Quotations

Anagrams

Aminda, Dai Nam, Damian, aidman