ميدان

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ميدان

/maj.daːn/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from an Iranian language, from Proto-Iranian *mádyanah (“middle”, noun), from *mádyah (“middle”, adjective) + *-nah (nominal suffix). Compare Middle Persian mdyʾn' (*mayān, “middle; among, between”), whence Persian میان (miyân), Parthian mdyʾn (*maẟyān, “among, amid, between”), Sogdian [script needed] (myẟʾn /⁠*mēẟan⁠/, “middle”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬥𐬀 (maⁱδiiāna, “middle”).

noun مَيْدَان · maydān · مَيَادِين · الْمَيْدَان

square (open space in a city)
battlefield
field, sphere (e.g. of study)
Similar: مَجال

In English

square open space in a town
plaza a towns' public square
field land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country
place open space, courtyard, market square
maidan marketplace or other open space
Medan city in Indonesia

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ميدان},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}