Maidan Explained

Maidan is an originally Persian word for a town square or public gathering place (Persian: Persian: میدان), adopted by various other languages: Urdu Urdu: میدان (maidān); Arabic Arabic: مَيْدَان (maydān); Turkish Turkish: meydan; Georgian Georgian: მოედანი (moedani); Bangla ময়দান, meaning field, and Crimean Tatar, from which Ukrainian also borrowed . Its ultimate source is Proto-Indo-European Indo-European languages: *médʰyos - compare Avestan Avestan: maiδya, Sanskrit Sanskrit: मध्य and Latin Latin: medius. Various versions include maydan, midan, meydan, majdan, mayadeen and maydān. It also means field (मैदान) in Hindi.[1] It became a loanword in other South Asian languages to give similar means, such as in Tamil in which the word is maidhanam.

The broad geographical footprint of the use of Maidan in toponymy, from Central Europe to South-East Asia, is a reflection of the Turkish rule in these areas.

Places

In the Persian and Central Asian space

Towns and villages in Iran:

In South Asia and Southeast Asia

In the former Ottoman / Mamluk space

In Poland

Poland took up the word majdan from its numerous exchanges with the Ottoman and other Persianate-influenced cultures.[2]

In Romania

In Ukraine

Other uses in Ukraine

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: (Maidan) मैदान meaning in English Matlab Definition.
  2. Web site: Thomas M. Prymak. The word "Maidan", where it comes from and what it means. Toronto Galician Genealogy Group. October 25, 2016.