मैदान

Hindi

Etymology

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

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

Noun

मैदान • (maidān) m (Urdu spelling مَیدَان)

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

Declension

Declension of मैदान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मैदान maidān	मैदान maidān
oblique	मैदान maidān	मैदानों maidānõ
vocative	मैदान maidān	मैदानो maidāno

Derived terms

• मैदान-ए-जंग (maidān-e-jaṅg)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मैदान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /məi.d̪an/

Noun

मैदान • (maidān) n

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

References

• 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).