出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/07/21 16:23 UTC 版)
From Hindustani میدان (medān) / मैदान (maidān), and its source, Persian میدان (meydân, maydān, “town-square or central place of gathering”), from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān), itself an Iranian borrowing (see the Arabic entry for more), from Proto-Iranian *madyānah, from *mádyah (“middle”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰyas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos. Compare Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬌𐬌𐬀 (maδiia), Sanskrit मध्य (madhya), Latin medius.
maidan (plural maidans)
From Майда́н Незале́жності (Majdán Nezaléžnosti, “Independence Square”) in Kiev, from Ukrainian майда́н (majdán, “square”), from Ottoman Turkish میدان (meydan), from the same Persian source as above.
Maidan (plural Maidans or maidans)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:maidan.