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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian میدان (maydān), derived from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān). Compare Punjabi ਮੈਦਾਨ (maidān) / مَیدان (maidān), Gujarati મેદાન (medān), Marathi मैदान (maidān), Bengali ময়দান (moẏodan), Kannada ಮೈದಾನ (maidāna), Telugu మైదానము (maidānamu).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mɛː.d̪ɑːn/, [mɛː.d̪ä̃ːn]

Noun

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मैदान (maidānm (Urdu spelling مَیدَان)

  1. park, lawn
  2. (sports) field, court

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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Marathi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian میدان (maydān), derived from Arabic مَيْدَان (maydān). Compare Gujarati મેદાન (medān), Hindustani مَیدَان (maidān) / मैदान (maidān), Kannada ಮೈದಾನ (maidāna), Punjabi ਮੈਦਾਨ (maidān) / مَیدان (maidān), Bengali ময়দান (moẏodan), Telugu మైదానము (maidānamu).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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मैदान (maidānn

  1. maidan (level tract of land)
  2. (sports) field, court

References

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  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मैदान”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मैदान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मैदान”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).